Can you straighten a warped shaft?.....Manwon can!

manwon said:
DOC, I was taught how to do it by a Luthier, the gentleman was in his 70s when he taught me. If done correctly and depending upon the quality of the wood, the straightening of the shaft will be permanent 90% of the time. Some have.already commented that it's not possible, all I can say to them is ignorance is bliss because they have no idea what the hell they're talking about.

Thanks for your kind words, Doc
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Luthier work is amazing. I've been studying videos of how they restore finish chips. I'm going to try it on cues. I've always been skeptical that a small chip requires a complete refinish.
 
Chopdoc said:
Luthier work is amazing. I've been studying videos of how they restore finish chips. I'm going to try it on cues. I've always been skeptical that a small chip requires a complete refinish.
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What are you gonna use for a finish to restore the chips?
 
Chopdoc said:
Luthier work is amazing. I've been studying videos of how they restore finish chips. I'm going to try it on cues. I've always been skeptical that a small chip requires a complete refinish.
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If somebody has a nice finishing/refinishing set-up they may be able to refinish a cue with less time and effort than repairing a chip all the way through a finish. Of course if a cue or most particularly a musical instrument has great value, a tiny repair may hold value much better than a refinish. Refinishing a tiny area, a few inches, is likely to reveal itself over time. Repairing just the chip might require hours over several weeks or months. Worth it on an instrument with a value in six figures, not on a cue worth a few thousand.

I had an auto body shop. A man took me to look at his Studebaker from the twenties or thirties. It had a damaged fender and was in factory black. He wanted to know what it would cost to fix the fender and paint it. I told him $3500 back in the mid-eighties. I told him if he did the hand sanded needed to spray the car black I would fix the fender and paint it for $800. Repairing a chip so it can never be seen is a lot like that paint job on the car. A ridiculous amount of time and labor. It isn't that it can't be done, it is the question of if it is practical. Chances are pretty good you will find another repair or two needed while working on that chip too.

When somebody comes in wanting a tiny chip repaired and you quote several hundred dollars they think you are crazy. You will probably lose money on the job on the labor bill. Speaking of autobody work, I fixed a quarter sized dent on a pick-up with eighty-four miles on it. Took a bath on that one. Perfect was barely good enough and it was a white truck.

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I tried diligently. I must be doing something wrong because I was unsuccessful. If someone was to make themselves an expert on this, I'd bet they could have a nice little side gig straightening shafts. I have some shafts locked and loaded waiting to ship to someone to try. :)
 
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