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10-24-2015, 07:08 PM
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Advice on "Heat Pressing" Necks
So I have an instrument on my bench that I have had on here before. I did some work for this gentleman some time ago and now he's brought in his grandfathers old resonator. The neck angle oddly seems fine but the middle of the neck has a massive bow. I'd like to straighten it and I've read about this technique before but would like to get some input from some of you guys here.
I know this isn't ideal but it's something I want to do to help this gentleman out. I have some ideas of how to do it but would like to hear from someone who has done this before, I need to make this happen. 
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10-24-2015, 07:18 PM
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10-24-2015, 07:22 PM
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Thank you for the links. That tool is beyond expensive. Will probably just build my own.
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10-24-2015, 07:30 PM
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Not the best avenue to take IMO.
I have used several devices like this and I believe the results were very short term. If the neck wants to bow in a certain spot, then it will always want to bow in that spot, be that the grain is running a certain way, or the tension through that point causes an arch, whatever it may be. The device shown is really for slipping the fretboard, means you slip the fretboard under heat to grab the neck at new points. Remove the fretboard, fit a spacer board, plain it flat and refit the original board, makes a perfect neck Steve
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10-25-2015, 07:29 PM
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Heat pressing is nearly always a bad idea. IME it seldom holds, when it works at all. There are other, better ways, that are not terribly difficult and stand a much better chance of fixing the problem long term. Compression fretting should be considered.
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