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Old 09-25-2021, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by TomB'sox View Post
It always amazes me that when carving the braces that you never get caught up with the grain and take out too much. Really delicate work it would seem to me.
This is a lot of why split bracewood is a big deal.

Re the earlier Limba comments. I have made two from Limba, and both get good reviews, not to mention that I thought they were special. The results seem better than the timber seems promise, which isn’t always the case.
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