Guitar Side Thickness Unveiled The Key to Effortless Bending

(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 ... Typically they range from the low of about 0.65" to 0.80" and are bent with dry heat. If you make the sides too thick, you'll end up with ... .080" is about right for a finished guitar. I'd try and get them to .075" to .080". It would be easier ... As with the back, the top should be thinned to about 70-80thou/ 2mm thick. Choose a good side, clean it up, and mark it. Trace the ukulele shape ... I've bent Sides on a Pipe before, but this is the first try at this method. These are for a Baritone Ukulele and are 75mm wide X 1.8mm thick, ... ... thin as possible and then preparation for bending begins. ... bending something that should really shatter into pieces when bent…into a guitar. Happy Building , Jason D Sides 1rst Algonquin Guitars. May be ... I can lay that thin blade right on top of the pencil marks, and make ... All of the wood for this guitar will be cut from the same billet, except the soundboard and bridge. ... The thin sides are bent over a home-made bending iron, a ... When you make an acoustic, or hollowbody, the sides are really thin - maybe 2mm-3mm. I guess because you're bending veneers, the strength of the wood... 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 ...