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I have some of this "bacon" figured Padauk on hand:
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Headstock template in this wood to complete the hog theme? The right piece could be rather snazzy looking.....dare I say, visually sizzling.
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What happened to the other eye?
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I've been bending the sides; I also have been selecting and bending the binding and purfling sticks. I custom order my binding which is made in small batches from single boards. This way I can select book matched binding. Also, the black in the purfling is made from black wood rather than fiber. This makes it blacker and it carries a cleaner edge: Thanks! Mark
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Sides
I've got both of the sides bent and roughly trimmed. You can see the wedge in this picture with the sides in the mold;
I was a bit nervous bending these sides. They are made from the same billet as the top and back. I've already said this wood is really light, stiff, and rings wonderfully. The light and stiff part can also mean it can be tough to bend. Mahogany in general can be hard to bend. It is different from many woods in that you typically worry about the wood cracking out on the outside of bends. With mahogany you worry about the wood crushing in on the inside of curves. The way you get around this crushing is to bend at a little lower heat and don't wet it as much. The lower heat also helps to keep it from scorching. Luckily, I have a lot of this wood so my plan B would be to go with double sides if I destroyed the first side. Plan A was successful so we're going with solid sides. Here are the heel and tail blocks going on; More to come! Mark
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The sheen on this set reminds me of Sapele or Pommele. Going to be special.
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Man, I sure do hope that wedge is in the right orientation....a reverse wedge would be a real challenge to play!
Glad the one-pice sides are working, Mark.
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On to the neck
While working on the sides I have also started putting the neck together.
I have Mahogany neck stock that closely matches the body mahogany. This is a laminated neck with a cross grain Cocobolo center strip bordered with maple: We will be going with a very soft and slippery satin finish on the playing surfaces of the neck Thanks for viewing! Mark
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That's great. As you well know, Mark, I'm not a fan of necks with thick glassy finishes. On my Pono and Sigma, I've removed all the neck finish and just have waxed bare wood. Feels fantastic. And even Greta gets a light 600 grit buff on the neck every couple of months.
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Hi Mark,
I'm curious why you laminate a center cross grain strip in your necks. Can you explain? Jim |
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I would suspect it's purely for aesthetics--I know it's one on my favorite details that Mark does!
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If you look closely at some of the neck photos you can see that the cross grain portion is shallow--only 1/8" or so at most. The other portion of the center lam runs normally with the grain parallel.
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Thanks for your comments! Mark
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