clamping suggestions?
I am working on repairing an old A oval mandolin with a slightly canted top. I'm dealing with a cracked top as well as some cracked braces underneath... and I'm having trouble finding clamping solutions to get at those interior braces.
There are two transverse braces... one close to the sound hole which I was able to get at. It's the one that's farther back that is troubling me.
All my guitar clamps are too big, the nifty scissor jack thing that has worked so well in guitars is too chunky to even fit inside this mando. The braces are at about 3" from the soundhole... so the c-clamps I have are not deep enough, but the cam clamps I have are too deep and won't fit. The deep bridge clamps I have are too long.
Suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help...
KE
Karen Escovitz
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