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Redwood for bracing?
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:10 pm
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I dismantled an old redwood picnic bench/table set from back in the 60's and have some perfectly quartersawn, tight grained pieces that I'm wondering about using as bracing or linings. Opinions? Pros? Cons?
-tommy
Re: Redwood for bracing?
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:20 pm
by tippie53
I think it would be ok on the back. Can you make any tops?
Re: Redwood for bracing?
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:45 pm
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Possibly some 3 piece tops but I haven't looked through all the pieces yet.
Re: Redwood for bracing?
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:58 am
by tippie53
I like what Running dog posted . I still think spruce is the best brace material , light and strong.
Re: Redwood for bracing?
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 12:31 am
by johnnparchem
Not Redwood but a related story. I was in a lumber yard and there was a large bin of cedar shingles. some were thick enough and tall enouge to make tops and they had a great sound when tapped. Any one on the site every used cedar shingles?
Re: Redwood for bracing?
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:51 am
by tippie53
interesting idea
Re: Redwood for bracing?
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:16 pm
by JLT
johnnparchem wrote:Not Redwood but a related story. I was in a lumber yard and there was a large bin of cedar shingles. some were thick enough and tall enouge to make tops and they had a great sound when tapped. Any one on the site every used cedar shingles?
I've used them for mandolin tops and for a hog-nosed psaltery. The mandos worked great, but I decided that there was just too much "ring" in the psaltery ... the notes sustained to the point where they kept obscuring each other. Didn't have pieces big enough for a guitar, though.