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bent side.jpg Today I bent one side on the pipe. A lot of scorching but it is 1/8" so I hope to sand it out. I then set aside it match and went to a second set that was planed down a bit to .09-.10 and proceeded to break both. So now I am back to the other half which I will go after tomorrow. ...

Chuck Tweedy wrote:By the way - sapele is a bitch to bend - certainly relative to walnut

I am finding that out. The cross grain just breaks. I used scraps of sapele to develop my skill on the 2" bending pipe. It burns but still doesn't bend.

I have fashioned a 2" pipe bender with a propane torch and spent an hour last night bending scraps. Scorching is a big issue now but making progress. This works great... till it breaks. I plan to bend the waist and rough out the rest to get it into the bender and then smooth it out. I'm making ...

There was no scorching at all.
Wood damp when I opened it 12 hrs later.

I think the heat is not building up properly.

Today a Ryobi 16" drum sander was posted for sale for $40.

Does that model work for ANYone?

It must do something.

SOLD in 3 hrs.

Here are my first tries with junk wood sides. It will take a lot of faith to move on to my carefully crafted Weissenborn ribs. Looking for more junk wood to try. I brushed on water and wrapped in al foil. Baked for 45 min. Then clamped down. Using walnut and 3, 200 watt bulbs. Saw a picture long ago...

I read several reviews of the Grizzly 710 drum sander that is available here on chaigs list. Seems it will only go down to .25" A piece of 3/4" plywood gets around that. I used a neighbors Performax 6-7 yrs ago and don't remember that problem; rather being amazed the conveyor belt didn't c...

Thanks, Glad for the explanation.

Hotrod it is.

I am gathering materials for the OM feachered in Alex Willis book. The truss rod described at SM is just a 3/16 steel rod(plain or all thread) with a barrel nut which you can get at most hardware stores. Is this all I need? The Hotrod is more complex but do I need it? Just $16. This is my first guit...

Anybody have experience with the Grizzly 10" G0716. It is $415 with $75 shipping for a new one.

Nothing else comes close. But if it is junk it will do no good.

Bob

Back in 2010-12 I followed a number of threads about wood used for Weissenborn tops. I can't find them now but several were experimenting with sapele and spruce. Even domestic hardwoods. I am wondering how they came out.

I have just finished putting together a fox side bender. I have made a lot of tools and refurbished others. Now I want to get back to wood working.

I have been using a neighbors but now ready to get my own. I have re sawed a lot of sapele, walnut and maple and want to finish it up with a sander. Ten inches seems to be a cut off for size. That would work fine. Saw a Grizzle 10" on Craig's list. Looked at new models and realize all the brand...

Making this as my first guitar. Ribs will be Sapele and back can be sapele, figured maple or walnut, mix with rosewood strip. Several options. I have resawed flat sawed maple and walnut. I have quarter sawed walnut and sapele and stika spruce. The top can be mix of walnut and sapele or stika spruce....