Violin Forum/Message Board

jessupe goldastini · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:07 am Post subject: neck help

what kind of expoy are you using for attaching the neck to the corpus???...

i am going to have to re-set my neck ...the hide glue is separating....i know i'm supposed to use epoxy according to my books and what i've read....but i just had to see...

any tips on application , dry time, open time would be helpful...thanks

Jeffrey Holmes · Member Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 90 Location: Ann Arbor

Mat Roop · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:44 am Post subject:

Jessupe,
I would never consider using anything other than hot hide glue...I have glued lots of necks and never a problem... but....use good 260 gram bloom strength granules, freshly and thoroughly dissolved, Consistency should be of about like honey, never heat it beyong 60 Degr C. Be sure to dry fit perfectly before gluing... hide glue is not a filler and will not hold where there is a gap. Preheat neck heel and mortice before assembly and never try to make ajustments after the glue starts to gel(just a couple of minutes) or you will greatly weaken the bond.
Once you put epoxy on the wood, there is no going back! With hide glue , If the parts don't go together just right, just pull it apart before it sets, wash off, analyse the problem and start again.... no problem.
Good luck, Mat

jessupe goldastini · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:54 am Post subject:

thanks a million guys....i think i stressed it while it was setting....back to the drawing board

Chet Bishop · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 1:10 am Post subject: Epoxy

Just another voice to plead: NO epoxy! Epoxy errors are permanent. Epoxy is an error in itself--non-reversible.