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| Author: | bill stewart [ Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Wenge |
Got myself a beautiful Wenge B/S set with amazing grain figure but I'm not sure what temp. to use to bend the sides. I have a Fox style bender with temp. control. Anyone worked with this stuff? Bill S. |
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| Author: | Tony_in_NYC [ Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wenge |
I bend everything at 275-295*F. |
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| Author: | Rob Flindall [ Sat Oct 12, 2013 6:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wenge |
Hi Bill, same as Tony for me. I just finished a wenge guitar and really enjoyed the build. I've actually just posted some pics of the finished guitar and some sound clips. I used an Englemann spruce top and the sound is phenomenal. There are a few things to note about wenge - 1) it's pores are the size of craters - you'll spend some time pore filling before spraying. I used Zpoxy and it worked really well. 2) watch out for the splinters! it's a fairly splintery wood so have a pair of tweezers handy. I really didn't have any problems bending my set, but it had straight grain. It seemed to bend like butter for me. |
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| Author: | bill stewart [ Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wenge |
Thanks Guys..I've also read that the splinters and the dust can cause some health hazards. Bill S. |
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| Author: | Shaw [ Mon Oct 14, 2013 12:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wenge |
Yeah the splinters can have the tendency to get infected more so then other woods and the dust is a major irritant. |
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