kench Posted July 9, 2004 Report Posted July 9, 2004 I just got my Martin style U-Channel truss rod from StewMac. I've seen most of the guys routing the truss rod cavity a bit more deeper and put a fillet on top of the rod. Is this important? Is it a must? I was planning to route an exact space for the rod, and glue the rod to the cavity on sides and then attach the fingerboard on top of it. But it seems that it might push the fingerboard out too much when I tighten the rod. Or the epoxy will be enough to keep the rod in the cavity? Here's a picture of the rod: Quote
Hotrock Posted July 9, 2004 Report Posted July 9, 2004 I'm not sure at all about the best way, but I can tell you that when I glued my truss rod in, the glue caused it too lift a bit and it now sits slightly pround of the neck Gonna have to take a sliver out of the back of my fret board, dag nabbit Quote
kench Posted July 10, 2004 Author Report Posted July 10, 2004 Oh.. that's a problem. You should have clamped some blocks on top of the rod and the neck while the glue was drying. I'm planning to use epoxy or similar long life adhesives for the rod to keep it in the cavity and titebond glue to attach the fingerboard. But I'm not sure if a fillet is necessary between the rod and the fingerboad. Quote
truerussian558 Posted July 10, 2004 Report Posted July 10, 2004 you could try to route the cavity just a tad deeper to compensate for the risingm im not sure about the fillet tho... Quote
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