Recent content by McDave

Hi. I did the posting for the copper tube/steel cable tool. In my research for setting the sound post, I found that the grain of the post is supposed to be perpendicular to the grain of the top. Of course, if the post is bevelled, the bevels have to be in the correct direction with respect to...

That's me! You could do surgery with this tool!

One end of the derailleur cable has a molded lead button that prevents it from going into the copper tube, and the other end is just plain. When the loop is around the sound post you can pull the free end of the cable to tighten the loop as much as necessary. So once the sound post is firmly...

While removing the new bridge for the umpteenth time, I forgot the sound post and it fell. Tried with limited success to jimmy it into position, gave up and made a tool. Used a 12 inch long piece of small (1/4") copper tubing and a thin bicyle derailler cable. See pictures. Worked like a...