Need Help with a Truss Rod Problem

[AKan]

Hello everyone,

This is probably my first post since three years ago. I just got back from college, and I am on winter break until mid January. My workshop and tools being located in my parent's garage ~200 miles from my school, I have not got the chance to work on my guitars in quite some time, so I went through the various projects I had going when I was in high school to find something to do over the break. I found this:






Long story short, 16 year old me ordered and installed the wrong type of truss rod in the guitar. What this means is that my route gave no room to adjust the truss rod, since the truss rod's allen key shape is over the outside of the adjustment wheel, which is snug in the channel I had routed.

Do you guys know of a way I can enlarge the cavity near the headstock without having to remove the fingerboard?

 

[Lemonbaby]

I use a Dremel with the 9903 insert to fine tune the truss rod access opening. Also pretty useful for f-holes and other stuff...

 

[Hywel]

Would something like this help? I think it has a piloted counterbore that might open the the space around the rod a bit.

http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Tools_by_Job/Tools_for_Truss_Rods/Truss_Rod_Rescue_Kit.html

 

[pondman]

You could do the top exposed part with a trim router but you'll need to make a guide out of scraps of wood to keep it neat and level then cut the inside down to the truss rod nut with a Dremel and a ball cutter http://www.uktoolcentre.co.uk/Shop/...uxLBbbC_QVpZQrX7nNyxhmONZiy24zRNaQaAgYu8P8HAQ