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Timcacca

Post subject: Bending MR

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:42 am

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Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:33 am
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First name: Tim
Last Name: Caccamise
City: Moreno Valley
State: CA
Zip/Postal Code: 92557
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

I will be bending a set of MR sides this week, any tips on how it bends?

Tim

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Alain Moisan

Post subject: Re: Bending MR

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:57 pm

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Joined: Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:47 am
Posts: 1244
Location: Montreal, Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

I'm assuming you mean Madagascar Rosewood. I've bent it once using a Fox style bender. No special issue whatsoever, except excessive oils surfaced out during bending, which turned the sides almost black! Scraped right of though.

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TonyKarol

Post subject: Re: Bending MR

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:28 pm

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get it hot (300), wrapped in foil with moisture, then bend pretty fast - like the whole thing in 3 minutes .. if it case hardens at all, it will likely crack on you. It can be brittle ...

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