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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Minimum back thickness ovangkol OM... |
Just wondering what you all think the minimum back thickness should be for an OM. I know there are variables etc., but I've got a glue line still 'ridged' on one side. It's at .090 right now, fairly sure it would even out by .080...too thin? |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum back thickness ovangkol OM... |
Don't take my word for it, but it's sounding a bit thin at .080 in the center of the back. At the edges I wouldn't blink. Steel stringers may have a different take on it. |
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| Author: | Barry Daniels [ Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum back thickness ovangkol OM... |
I build thin and light. .080" is fine in my book. |
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| Author: | Alain Moisan [ Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum back thickness ovangkol OM... |
Barry Daniels wrote: I build thin and light. .080" is fine in my book. In mine as well. |
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| Author: | Rodger Knox [ Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum back thickness ovangkol OM... |
For me, 0.08" might be a bit thick! |
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Wed Jan 09, 2013 1:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum back thickness ovangkol OM... |
Wow, not what I was expecting. Perhaps I'll nurse the line out and use it and see what happens... Thanks |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum back thickness ovangkol OM... |
If Alain and Barry say it's OK then it's OK, IMO. I stay a little thicker in the middle of the back, but I scoop my braces in the center instead of at the edges. Course I am not making steel strings. |
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| Author: | Rodger Knox [ Wed Jan 09, 2013 3:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Minimum back thickness ovangkol OM... |
It really depends on your building philosophy. That's right about on the boundary between an "active" and "reflective" back. Of course the bracing also affects this. |
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