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000lover
 Post subject: Dreadnought Bracing
PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:47 pm 
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Concerning dread braces (top x brace) what is the thinnest you would go?

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 Post subject: Re: Dreadnought Bracing
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I've not gone less than 5/16" on a dred
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D35s are 1/4 ...

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Fred Tellier
 Post subject: Re: Dreadnought Bracing
PostPosted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:18 pm 
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I used 1/4 on mine and it has held up well for 4 years, I figured if that was heavy enough for a D35 though after 20 or 30 years all D35's have a slight hump behind the bridge, but they sound good, to me the ones with the most hump sound best.

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 Post subject: Re: Dreadnought Bracing
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1/4" here. The majority of a braces strength comes from it's height, not width. I won't go under 1/4" width because of gluing surface. As always YMMV.

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since were on the subject does anyone have anything to say about the
herringbone plan drawn by don mac rostie ?

if anyones intrested ....
i found these mechanical pencils that worked great for drawing plans
they dont break . you can even butt up a ruler hard against them
i traced a whole plan without it breaking once
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pental hi-polymer super 0.5mm hb
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000lover
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This is the plan I'm using right now and it calls for 5/16 but I got a little aggressive with the plane so they are about .29 on the ends and .3 in the middle.

From what I've read about the herringbone plan it is one of the best.

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Michael Dale Payne
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3/4" tall .25" 5/8" tall .3125
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Michael Dale Payne wrote:
3/4" tall .25" 5/8" tall .3125



Sorry, my brain is dead....what?

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Mark Groza
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I go 3/8" on my dreads and 1/4" on my om.And no thinner.
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