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Has this ever happened to you?

Posted by Groucho on July 6, 2014 at 3:45pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

My plan was to finish this guitar last week.  I had a couple hours of work left.  I was putting in one of the grommets and POP! 

I snapped the lid in two! 

I initially was thinking of trying to glue the lid back together, but now I'm thinking against it. I plan on getting some thin plywood/hobby wood to replace the lid. 

Does anyone have any suggestions on what type of wood and what thickness I should use?  And where can I get it?  Thanks.

 

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  • Groucho July 13, 2014 at 2:24pm

    Thanks for all of the tips folks!  Some wood glue, and a few clamps did the trick.

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  • DrByte July 11, 2014 at 11:51am

    I have had a few crack or split, I usually split them the rest of the way or just spread them and put the titebond to it. They work fine glued back together for me.

  • BUGGY (C) July 9, 2014 at 6:17pm

    dexian shelf swap out?

    http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/dexian-2/next?context=user

  • BUGGY (C) July 9, 2014 at 6:14pm

    Opps yup done that before....hole too small for gromet so it pushed the wood and bam?

    how a bout a sheet of meica or metal instead?  old dexian shelf sounds quite good, but its a bitch to cut..

  • Thumper July 8, 2014 at 6:05pm

    Seems to me you should never "pressure fit" a grommet or anything else in thin dry wood, that's just an accident waiting to happen. Through my many experiments with varied media, I've  broken enough stuff in my life to write a book titled "This Shoulda' Worked?!"...

  • Dan Sleep July 8, 2014 at 3:18pm

    That exact same thing happened to me, doing the exact same thing. Just edge glue it, clamp it overnight and it will be good as new.

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague July 6, 2014 at 9:49pm
    Meh. Glue it back together with wood glue. Or, get yerself a beauty piece of 2 mm birch ply, spruce, maple with some figure, from any of these tonewood suppliers:

    http://www.luth.org/resources/lutherie_suppliers.html

    You could also veneer it over; Eric Davenport did that with my steampunk reso, using redwood burl.
  • Bufo Bill July 6, 2014 at 5:32pm
    Yep. Happened with my first build, but with me it was the hinged back of the box. Glued back together with PVA, and just a hairline crack to show for it when you get up close.
    You notice I am acting all cool like it's no big deal, but you should have heard the swearing out back at my place before I realised I could fix it. Swearing always helps the creative process, I find.
    All the best from Bill. :D
  • Reeds Taylor July 6, 2014 at 4:33pm

    Put it back as if not broken,,,,and leave a 1/8 gap for a cool sound hole. Cut the grommet to match, and hot glue the parts in where they should had been. Whatever you do, I'm sure it will look nice.

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