Violin Repair - Murdoch Maidstone

Violin Repair - Murdoch Maidstone

Been restoring and refinishing etc this violin. Fitted new fingerboard.








 

 

Hofner 125 Guitar - Neck Re-glue

Hi - here is a Hofner 125 Guitar with  a disconnected neck that I've been repairing. It has had various goes at being repaired in the past- they're known for coming apart since the joint is cantilevered and relies on the glue. A dovetail would have been much better.

I cleaned the joint down to bare wood - added some dowels and used hot hide glue to re-attach it.

It was difficult to clamp accurately so I made an alignment jig attached to the fingerboard and gently clamped it up so as not to disturb the alignment.

The alignment jig

Centreline pointer