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oval soundhole

Post subject: Oh Carp!!!!

Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:55 pm

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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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Quine

Post subject: Re: Oh Carp!!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:29 pm

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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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the Padma

Post subject: Re: Oh Carp!!!!

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:04 pm

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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
duh

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oval soundhole

Post subject: Re: Oh Carp!!!!

Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:33 pm

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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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the Padma

Post subject: Re: Oh Carp!!!!

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:07 am

Koa

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

duh

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