You could always use it for the shorter braces instead of cutting up your longer stock.
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| Author: | longdrive55 [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Minimum Brace Billet Length for Dread? |
Hi All, I've got a chance to pick up a couple of inexpensive brace billets, but they are only 16" long. I don't have a set of dread plans here. Will these be long enough to handle the X brace on a standard braced and/or forward shifted braced dread? If not, what's the minimum length I need? Thanks |
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| Author: | Corky Long [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum Brace Billet Length for Dread? |
Depends on grain orientation. Are they perfectly quartered, with no runout? Have they been split into those dimensions already? And are they cheap? I get a lot of scrap from my brace stock, when splitting them by hand, so much so that I only buy scrap spruce that looks good at my local lumberyard (they sell scrap blocks, etc.) |
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| Author: | longdrive55 [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum Brace Billet Length for Dread? |
Yep, they are pretty much perfectly quartered, not all but most. Runout doesn't appear to be a problem either. Only issue is max length is 16" as they are already cut, so I need to know if the length will work. I seem to recall X-braces need to be 18" minimum on a dread (to allow for some overlap on the rim), but I don't have a way to confirm. |
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| Author: | Corky Long [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum Brace Billet Length for Dread? |
Yep. Just checked the Antes plan that I have - requires just over 17 inches in length - 18 for comfort. Not long enough. Still, if you're building more than one guitar and it's nice brace stock, I'd pick it up anyway at the right proce. |
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| Author: | Corky Long [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum Brace Billet Length for Dread? |
Yep. Just checked the Antes plan that I have - requires just over 17 inches in length - 18 for comfort. Not long enough. Still, if you're building more than one guitar and it's nice brace stock, I'd pick it up anyway at the right price. |
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| Author: | Mark Groza [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum Brace Billet Length for Dread? |
You could always use it for the shorter braces instead of cutting up your longer stock.
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| Author: | longdrive55 [ Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum Brace Billet Length for Dread? |
Thanks Guys. I appreciate your checking the plan for me. |
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