Double check with someone like John Hall, but I suspect if you add a couple more side struts for support, your sides will be just fine.nkwak wrote:Uh oh. I love working with rosewood but think I sanded the sides a tad thin. In another thread somebody mentioned having their sides mistakenly thinned down to .068 but were told they were still okay. Well, mine are .077. Are they still usable for a guitar that will have a 16" lower bout?
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I think they are fine. I sand mine to .080 before I bend. .077" and .080 are pretty close to each other. I go all the way to .07 for the cutaway.
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I would say no problem at all, forge ahead and post lots of pics.nkwak wrote:Uh oh. I love working with rosewood but think I sanded the sides a tad thin. In another thread somebody mentioned having their sides mistakenly thinned down to .068 but were told they were still okay. Well, mine are .077. Are they still usable for a guitar that will have a 16" lower bout?
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The sides are bent as of 3 weeks ago. EIR bends so easily that it seems as if it's actually rubberized. Sorry no pics.
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Hi Neil,
How did you bend the sides? Do you have a side bender, or did you improvise?
How did you bend the sides? Do you have a side bender, or did you improvise?
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A friend got me into building and has all the tools down at his place, including a Fox bending machine with heating blanket and thermostat. He lets me use them and helps me so I don't burn his shop down.
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I may end up sending the sides out again.
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FWIW, I did this with a 0.079" strip of ZipFlex and some 0.010 B/W/B purfling:
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That's a nice rosette. I still haven't decided what i'm going to do with regards to inlay. I have a herringbone ring and lots of purfling. I don't have much of a budget for zipflex or the skills and tools to do a mosaic or radial rosette. As for the fingerboard, I was thinking of using excess from the zigzag backstrip to put a bar at the 12th fret. Either that or go with pearloid crosses that I purchased when this was going to be an HD-28V SS.
One thing I'm certain of is that I'm going with curly maple binding. I hear it's harder to bend though. What will it take? More moisture and heat and longer wait times?
One thing I'm certain of is that I'm going with curly maple binding. I hear it's harder to bend though. What will it take? More moisture and heat and longer wait times?
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...or should I stick with ebony? ;-)
Sides were bent in February, blocks glued in in April and half the reverse basswood kerfing went in two nights ago. I'm on track for 2019.
Sides were bent in February, blocks glued in in April and half the reverse basswood kerfing went in two nights ago. I'm on track for 2019.
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