I've been using these for some years. Got mine from MicroMark. RT ______________ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org/swv
> From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:02:50 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: A tool for adjustments > > Howdy Gents, > > For those of you who either make lutes, or adjust your own lutes, I've just > found a good tool for working on the grooves in the nut. I had been using > the little 4" Swedish craftsman's files, and some on this list have > suggested strings coated with an abasive. Tonight I was trying to lower the > action on my old guitar and didn't want to go too far. It dawned on me that > the "spiral blades" for a scroll saw might work. They do, they are perfect. > I've been using them on my scroll saw for a year, but hadn't thought of > using them for this (they are relatively new, but available in the US at > Sears Hardware - and should be available some where for all of you). It is a > round blade with a spiral cutting edge. and using the blade as a "soft file" > works perfectly for deepening the "nut slot" gradually (one does have to > widen the top of the groove with a small file). > > The procedure is to relax a string enough to move it aside. Then take the > round saw blade in your fingers and take a few cuts, open the top if > necessary, then bring the string back "into battery" and try it. The cut is > perfectly round, and easily controllable. It is a slow process, but a safe > one. > > Best, Jon > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
