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Here is the latest Luthier Tips du Jour video - In this video I share some ideas about how to radius braces.
This video as well as all my other videos are available via my website, http://www.obrienguitars.com/videos , LMI's website or on youtube.

Just say-in -- this method is hard to beat, takes less than a minute per brace.

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Ken Cierp

http://www.kennethmichaelguitars.com/

Any one besides me have a concern over a sanded surface at the brace/top joint? I always refine the surface with a plane before i glue it down.

I've done it both ways but I cut mine with a plane now. None of the sanded joints have come apart so far.

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

LOL... I like the self sanding part that's somthin' else!

I just use a plane too. Once you rip of a full length paper thin curl you are done. I don't think that sanding vs planing makes a difference though, on paper yes a physicist can show that a planed surface is better but...

When I first started out, I had a jig for everything and probably 3 different ones for arching braces. I figured out that in some cases the jig solves a problem but isn't much better than without the jig. I just use a plane. But, if it helps, then use it.

I use a planed edge, method is a combination of Marios and Bruce Sexauer. While my Veritas Shoot board plane might be overkill the results speak for themselves.

I use a plane and then LMI sanding jig, except I use 120 grit on the jig . either way will work