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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:24 pm 
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Just wondering... What thickness do you like to use for your sides? Assuming solid and non laminated...

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:43 pm 
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I usually go for .09 inch but the last guitar I did was .125 which was pretty difficult to bend but it went. But really it depends on the wood and the design. Some wood really needs to be thinned out to bend. Flamenco guitars tend to have very thin sides, and so on.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:46 pm 
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0.08"/2mm seems to work for most non cutaways in my case.

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I usually bend at .090-.095". The more figured the wood the thinner i bend at.

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I do most of mine at .08. If a cutaway, I wil thin the cutaway area to .070 and feather in the transition.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:23 pm 
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.07 for dense tropicals .08 for others.

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I've been using 0.08"/2mm. But Trevor Gore makes a strong case for thicker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdXEzIo6IDc) I'll be trying thicker as soon as I can.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:11 pm 
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0.080 - .085 for bending. I figure they close in on the mid to high 0.070's after leveling the sides.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:21 pm 
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Ben-Had wrote:
0.080 - .085 for bending. I figure they close in on the mid to high 0.070's after leveling the sides.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:46 pm 
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.080", + or - .020" depending on a variety of factors.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:01 pm 
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.075-.095" depending. Used to bend flamed maple mandolin ribs at .10-.110" and no one could figure out how I did it. Really think it helped the instruments tonally.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:52 pm 
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0.085" is what I shoot for prior to bending. They get thinner after bending, due to the normal processes.

If I wanted to go thicker, I would consider laminating.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:55 pm 
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.08-.085" iis what I shoot for. Maybe,a little thinner in a cutaway


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:30 am 
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.065 to .110 depending on species, weight, density, and ease of bending.


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.080-.085

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I guess I'm on the thin side with .070 to .075 most of the time. .065 on Uke's.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:11 pm 
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:58 pm 
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same as martin spec .075

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.080" for most woods, .070" for African Blackwood. I used to bend at .085-.090" but found out that bending was much easier at .080" (I bend by hand on a hot pipe).


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