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side thickness sanding
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i am having some problem with highly figured woods at the waist bend using a fox bender - it cracks or splits where grain pattern changescan i sand the whole piece at say 3mm and the waist part at…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by FRANK May 3, 2010.

crack half way depthwise
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one of my sides while bending at the waist curve has cracked and split half way say 1.5 mmfrom the outside what will be showing there is absolutely nothing at all but from the inside it is ugly and…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by FRANK Apr 30, 2010.

bent side first to glued to the top or first cut to exact depth
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two sides of rosewood have been bent they are 5 and half inches in widthshould i be cutting the sides to 4 inches and shaping it for the arched back i.e. approx. 3.75 inches at the neck jointorshould…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by FRANK Apr 30, 2010.

front plate joint and back plate joint
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i would like to know if we can use one piece for back 16 inches and one plate for front 16 inches are the joints there only so that we can use smaller width plates to save on cost front plate and…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Happy Builder Apr 4, 2010.