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If think need it to bend sides, fine use it. I like John and know boss have bent hundreds of sets, using high figure and othe grains of woods and not break them as use good technique You can bend just as well without it as you can with it. Most broke sides are not from not using this stuff or any other thing, and bad technique. It probably is a saver for those who have a harder time with bending using poor technique. Again not saying it isn't a great product and it probably is and folks who use it can and have done well with it or without it, but not a needed thing to get the job done. I wonder how all those side sets got bent before this was the new in thing and if need to recall them all.

Todd
The principle of moments is derived from Archimedes' discovery of the operating principle of the lever.[citation needed] In the lever one applies a force (in his day most often human muscle), to an arm beam of some sort. Archimedes noted that the amount of force applied to the object, the moment of force, is defined as M = rF, where F is the applied force, and r is the distance from the applied force to object.
Hope that helps
John R

Most who understand what you're saying John R just call it a moment, not a moment of force as the force must be there inorder to make the moment. Without the applied force you wouldn't have the moment, just a length

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