Music City Bridge

Cleatus™ - Crack Repair System

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Style Cleatus Kit 10 Spruce (Cleats Only) 10 Rosewood (Cleats Only) 10 Mahogany (Cleats Only)

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Cleatus is an instrument repair system for precisely and accurately installing cleats.

The Cleatus Kit contains:

Cleat Placement Tool
Viewing Film
Spruce Cleats x10
Rosewood Cleats x5
Mahogany Cleats x5

Cleatus allows you to perfectly install cleats using a viewing film so you can see through the wood.

When installing cleats, it’s essential for the grain of the cleat to be perpendicular to the grain of the instrument. The cleat should also cover as much of the crack as possible. Cleatus makes this painless.

How it works…

The Cleatus Kit contains precision wood cleats, viewing film, and a placement tool.

The cleats are designed to fit perfectly within the placement tool. This allows for consistent orientation and exact location.

The placement tool has a standoff height that keeps the cleat away from the instrument until you’re ready to place it. This keeps glue from being smudged on the inside of the instrument.

The placement tool creates an impression on the viewing film that moves with the device, once the impression is lined up with the crack, so is the cleat. Your cleat can be placed in the correct direction and location.

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I liked them but with the cross braces didn’t fit

The two hairline cracks on the top of the Modern Martin under the bridge were cross braced not leaving enough room for the film to work.

Crack repair

The Cleatus system worked perfectly! I was able to use the film and tool to place the cleat exactly over the crack after rehumidifying and gluing the crack itself. The repair was successful and feels solid thanks to the cleatus system! Thanks!!

Cleats

Your cleats made repairing my old Martin d28 top a breeze… will order again as required …thx

Works as Advertised

Excellent repair choice. My only suggestion is to make the flat part on the top of the cleat a bit bigger so the repair magnets can more easily lay flat. That said, worked like a charm as is.

Fast Delivery, great price, exactly what I needed!

Hello guys, yeah good system. I have only used it once for I'm a Luthier of over 50 yrs and I have a similar system I have used since I put it together a few times over the years. As for yours, the cleats need to be a bit thicker I believe. I mfg my own cleats which are too thick for your holder so I used yours but I worry they are just a bit too thin.........many thanks!
Guitar Johnny

Just what I needed

Had to fix a bunch of cracks in a parlor-sized guitar (limited access) and this system really helped me get the cleats where they belong.

Vintage guitar repair

Bought this set up for fixing a crack In an old j45. Shipped quickly And has everything necessary to do the job I intended to do.

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