Brace gluing

What're You Doing?
Diane Kauffmds
Posts: 3246
Joined: Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:13 pm

Re: Brace gluing

Post by Diane Kauffmds »

Kbore wrote:Interesting. I glued my top braces to the top using the radius of the braces to pull the top into radius- according to the StewMac instructions. That was not the case for the back thought (used the card stock radius method for the back). I've since bought one radius dish from John, the 15' dish for the back. Anyone else clamp the radiused top braces straight onto the top?
I put a one inch layer of foam into the gobar deck and lay the top/back on it. Then I use the gobars. The foam cushions the top/back a bit, while the gobars apply pressure. The braces spring back fine when the gobars are removed.

I started doing this because I didn't have any radius dishes. I have dishes now, but it worked so well that I've continued to use the foam. It's available at fabric stores and is medium density.
Diane Kauffmann
Country Roads Guitars
countryroadsguitars@gmail.com
Post Reply