Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Don't know what happened with the attached pics but you get what's going on.
Paul.

Update for side bending with Fox style bender after destroying a set of Queensland Mahogany sides earlies this week. Some of you guys felt that 2.5mm with too thick so when thicknessing the next sacrficial set I took them both down to 2.5 then continued on to 2mm with one side only to compare the fl...

Thanks for your input Allan, sides are quartersawn so I've got that covered, do you have a recommended temperature setting and time of heat application?
Cheers Paul.

Thanks everyone for the input, it seems like I need to thickness down to 2mm for a start and maybe reduce heat for my next bend.
Cheers Paul.

It's been about 5 years since I last bent some sides in my Fox style bender which was heated by globes so now that I wanted to bend some more sides I upgraded my bender by taking out the globes and bought a Keenovo heat blanket which includes electronic temperature and time control with a digital di...

Just updating on my resawing results which were a while coming as I had been away on holidays. I cut one of my boards into user lengths, loaded up the bandsaw with the resaw blade and tightened it up as best I could, tried a test cut and decided to go ahead cutting the Black Heart Sassafras. I manag...

Thanks Pete from Curly timber and Jeffhigh will take on board advice and give it a go.
I'll post pics of results when I've done the damage.
Cheers Paul.

OK Alan thanks a lot for your input, I'm hoping to get back and side set or sets out of these boards as the thickness would normally allow for two but only if the timber was straight of course. I put the question out there in the hope that there may have been some way of trying to get the timber fla...

I bought a couple of slightly warped quartersawn Black Heart Sassafras boards in Tassie about 10 years ago and have stored them flat ever since with varying amounts of weight sitting on top but they are still warped. I would like to resaw the boards into usable timber and would appreciate any advice...

OK guys thanks for your suggestions, I'm on to it now and hopefully shouldn't have anymore problems.
Cheers Paul.

I'm going to have a go at building a Gibson J 200 style guitar and have got the LMI plans for the project. These plans seem very accurate but do not have a side profile. Does anybody know of a set of plans that include the side profile? Thanks.