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Originally Posted by Mark Hatcher
Thanks for showing us your test John. I have gotten similar results of my own.
I’ve found much less stiffness when the grain is running at a 45 degree angle.
One area of concern when setting up brace stock is grain runout. It is possible to have runout that looks like it is well quartered which is why it is important to work from stock that is split out on both sides, both top and side.
Another large advantage of splitting out both side is it is much easier to carve the braces without getting any unexpected splits or chisel dives.
You end up with more waste wood by the time you split out the stock, but the question should be: do we want braces made from waste wood?
Mark
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Thanks for that input Mark. It’s good to know that your results are similar to mine. I think you must be right regarding the runout thing and the benefits of splitting braces and it makes sense that a brace cut on a 45 degree bias would have less stiffness than either quartered or slab cut braces. I wonder if factory produced guitars concern themselves overly much with those kind of details. Probably depends on the factory.
John