Bending Mastery The Ultimate Guide to Guitar Side Thickness

If you go slow and take your time everything will work out. Many people ask: How do you bend wood? Even without the steam box the answer is that ... Our side wood is thicknessed to approximately .095", sealed from moisture, and stored flat. Some builders will thickness-sand it down to approximately .085" ... Backs between 0.085"-0.120", sides 0.70-0.085". Depends on the type of wood and size of the instrument. Some luthiers do go thinner but they are ... I use a copper pipe with a propane torch inside to bend anything up to 1/8". It's a different technique but not too hard to learn. Julie ... How Thin should Guitar Sides be? In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I discuss the range of appropriate thickness for bending guitar sides. I could have laminated the bend from multiple thin plies, but that ... Guitar sides are bent around a hot iron. (photo used with ... . The manufacturer claims "We have heard of good results from luthiers who use the softener to make some species of thin lumber more bendable.". (Building a Guitar Step 7) Marshall will show how to bend sides for a guitar with only a pipe and a blow torch. Watch till the end to get ... You should look into a "hot pipe" setup. That is what luthiers do for bending the ribs (sides) of guitars, mandolins, or violins. Basically ... nearly one inch at ends of the bouts. It took some pressure and more than a few clamps to hold the sides in place on the guitar top while I ...