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Old 09-05-2015, 02:54 PM
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Default Onto the sides

Here I am getting the sides bent and set up. As I mentioned earlier with the extremely figure I find it best to thin the sides quite a bit and laminate them.
I use two additional laminates of mahogany. The center laminate is 90 degrees or cross grained. The inside layer goes length wise. I keep the whole layup thin so it's still very light and I get a clean crack free bend on the outer "tree" layer yielding a finished side that is very rigid and stable. In fact, it is stable enough to eliminate the need for side braces;







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