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| Author: | SkyHigh [ Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Your first cutaway |
Please share experience with your first cutaway build. was it a success or disaster? On what number build did you start making cutaways? I'm thinking of adding a cutaway on my 2nd build(1st scratch). Would I be adding that much more challenges to already challenging process? Thanks, David |
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| Author: | Fred Tellier [ Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Your first cutaway |
My 1st was a 000 cutaway from a martin kit thus I did not have to bend the sides, number 3 was a mini jumbo cutaway and I hand bent the sides without any problems with a hot pipe bender. The side bending is the only thing that worried me on the 3rd. I have now purchased a heat blanket and slats from John Hall and will make a fox style bender for the next build. Bending the wood binding was a bit of a problem around the tighter radius of the cutaway, I damaged a 2 strips of curly maple but once I got it figured out it went well. All this should be easier on a fox bender. Fred |
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