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bill stewart

Post subject: Wenge

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:58 am

Mahogany

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First name: William
Last Name: Stewart
City: Hawick
State: Roxburghshire
Zip/Postal Code: TD9 9NB
Country: Scotland
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

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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Tony_in_NYC

Post subject: Re: Wenge

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:51 pm

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First name: Tony
Last Name: C
City: Brooklyn
State: NY
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

I bend everything at 275-295*F.

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Rob Flindall

Post subject: Re: Wenge

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 6:32 pm

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First name: Robert
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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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bill stewart

Post subject: Re: Wenge

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:45 am

Mahogany

Thanks Guys..I've also read that the splinters and the dust can cause some health hazards.

Bill S.

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Shaw

Post subject: Re: Wenge

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 12:06 am

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Location: Philadelphia
First name: Michael
Last Name: Shaw
City: Philadelphia
State: PA
Zip/Postal Code: 19125
Country: USA
Focus: Repair
Status: Semi-pro

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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