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bcombs510
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https://www.facebook.com/sovereignhill/ ... 289033754/

Hopefully the link works. I think the video is public.

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Well... You aren't primarily bending oak, ash, or beech either.

The easiest wood I have ever bent fpr guitar sides is well quartersawn oak. Wet it good.. Once it hits the right temperature - it literally flops onto the form. There was no springback.


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Can they do a cutaway? :D

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I see that they stand back a ways after they start duh

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Actually, it first occurred to me that I could build a guitar when I was bending a 5/8" piece of oak for a Windsor chair.

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This one is interesting also - bending thick and very long stock in a plastic bag. No need for a steam box.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50uXPPt8-VI


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Very interesting video, especially interesting to see the use of the "stop blocks" at the ends to compress the inner radius, preventing fractures or tears in the outside radius caused by putting the outer fibres in tension.
Probably that is part of the rational for using a bending strap when bending sides with a hot iron, but I just find it too awkward to use.
But at least I only cracked one out of 5 practice sides with my new bending iron last week - forgot to keep the cutaway sprayed when trying to adjust it. duh gaah

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Another good one for bending.

http://www.wimp.com/the-making-of-a-tra ... to-finish/

Soak it in a lake, heat over a fire, cut some sticks for a mold.

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That canoe building was really fun. Ha no idea heat bending was used to expand the width midships.

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