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| Author: | oval soundhole [ Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Oh Carp!!!! |
I was bending my ukulele sides when I heard "snap"!!! The first side broke, so I tried the second and "snap"!!! Luckily it was just spruce, but for my om I bent the sides using the same pipe heat gun method and it came out perfect. Now I have to order more spruce and try this again. Any tips bending spruce? |
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| Author: | Quine [ Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oh Carp!!!! |
How thick are your sides? I use the same pipe for guitars and ukes too...but I thin the uke sides to ~0.07" while guitars are more like 0.085" Uke bends are much tighter than guitars I haven't tried bending spruce so far but I guess I would start trying around 0.075 to 0.08" |
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| Author: | the Padma [ Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oh Carp!!!! |
Yo, 'hole flat sawn spruce bends easier. Use a thin metal back up strip. Go slow like a turtle stuck in molasses. and whats dis "ordering spruce" stuff...just go to your local lumber yard and pick up a few sticks of 2 x 6...cheap like borscht. blessings  Padma
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| Author: | oval soundhole [ Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oh Carp!!!! |
Thanks. Padma after reading your post I looked at the pile of old 2 by 4s going to the trash because of my recent shop renovations and I found a really nice piece of QS spruce and QS cedar, but the cedar is a chocolate color not red so I thing that would look cool for this uke. I'm debating spruce or cedar sides now. |
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| Author: | the Padma [ Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oh Carp!!!! |
So then why not bend sides with one and use the other for linings and bracing. simple eh....just remember...don't rip the bracing on a table saw... "split" the bracing out with an axe or a suitable blade to eliminate run out. good luck Padma
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