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		<title>Shrunken Binding Fix-Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To repair plastic binding that has shrunk and detached itself away from the waist of an instrument, just use a light bulb or goose-neck lamp and aim it close over the area for a couple of minutes or so. When the binding becomes soft enough you can gently ease it back and then glue and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soldering Iron Fret Removal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some problem frets getting you down? Often when you&#8217;re pulling frets out from an ebony or rosewood finger board they tend to chip and break the wood as they come out, resulting in more work gluing and filling the boards before the refret. As you know, time is money! Instead, try using a hot soldering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flexible Rasp</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a simple but very effective tool to make. It might not look that flash and it&#8217;s certainly not gonna win any prizes for its beauty, but it&#8217;s very cheap to make and sure as heck works well. To make it you will need four to six good quality hacksaw blades. Make sure they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mini Sander/Polisher</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t have any of those drill press mounted or the smaller &#8220;Dremel type&#8221; drum sanders, or if you&#8217;ve run out of the special sleeves you need to buy for some of the smaller drums then you still have an alternative. Slot a piece of 1/2&#8243; or 3/8&#8243; wooden dowel and slide a strip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make &#8220;Grabby Frets&#8221; With Super Glue</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Squirt some super glue into your fret slots, wait for it to dry, and then carefully recut the slots so that fret tangs will have a harder and more stable surface to &#8220;grab&#8221; and bite into. This is really only necessary if you&#8217;re having trouble with the frets not grabbing properly in the first place [...]]]></description>
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