Splitting cedar for a top

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Stray Feathers
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Splitting cedar for a top

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One side, and the other side . . . .
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RHayes
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Re: Splitting cedar for a top

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Not sure what you have going on but looks like you were able to split a sawn board (?) and you can't beat that as a test for runout.
Stray Feathers
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Re: Splitting cedar for a top

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Well, it split in a very promising way along one edge of the board, but blew out badly on the other edge. Not so good for guitars, but it will make nice kindling.
RHayes
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Re: Splitting cedar for a top

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OK, I see it now, wasn't the intentional type.
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