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Thanks Michael. My Martin is 1972 model. I use a domestic iron to apply heat. I protect the body with an asbestos mat. I'll try applying the heat for longer. Hopefully it will do the trick.
Thanks!

Hi. Like I said in my first post - the glue is not responding to heat. It's very strange. I have removed a few finger boards before with no problem. If it was some cheap nameless guitar I could understand but a Martin? Weird. It does not look like it has been redone in the past either. I'm worried t...

ah! ok. I thought that as there is no visable rod that it doesn't have a rod at all. thanks, I'll let off some steam - so to speak.

but I'm taking the neck off. I must separate fret board from body. as I said - I have sawn along from sound hole towards 14th fret and the last 10mm seems to have encountered a steel bar or something that blade cannot cut. I already have drilled into joint cavity under 15th fret in preparation for s...

Hi. I am really battling to remove the finger board on a Martin d18 circa 1972. I don't know its full history but it appears non heat or water soluble glue used. it won't budge with heat and pallet knife. I have carefully sawn from the soundhole to the 15th fret but the last bit from 15th to 14th se...

Here is the way we clamp stuff here in South Africa. One could train a handy constrictor to assist with purfling and finger board clamping? Anyway - this guy made things interesting!

Interesting - all the gibberish that I copied and pasted into my reply above turned into the Subject. Must be script of some sort that assembles itself in the message. The wonders of science!

I don't know whether to put the message in the top window or the bottom window in the PM section? The bottom window already has a lot of stuff in it as per below. For the record tho - my surname is Lyall. THIS WAS IN THE BOTTOM WINDOW: Subject: Help! Flat top too flat! Hi Colin, no I did not see a P...

Hi Charlie. Did you get my PM? Not sure if I did it correctly. I'm a bit techno challenged.

Hi. I have made a mistake. I have realized awfully late (hangs head in shame) that the top of my 6 string steel has next to no bow in it. The neck fitment and purfling is already complete. On the up side, I believe I erred on the side of heavy bracing (std X bracing layout) and and internal bridge p...