Spent another hour and a half late last night on a friend's Performax sander - the sides are now just about right - 0.8 - 0.9" and ready for orbital sanding. They feel ready to bend.
The back plates at about 0.11" still have a ways to go, and I think it's all going to be slow hand work. Two hundredths of an inch can translate into two hours of work with this stuff. It is really tough rosewood and is teaching me patience.
I'm also beginning to understand why I need a better micrometer than the cheapo one I have, and also that when the wood is ready to bend or to assemble, its best thickness is no longer an issue of measurement but one of feel and sound. I can tell that with the back I'm approaching a critical thickness - not yet there, but the feel of the wood seems to be suggesting that there is such a thing and I'm close to it.
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Taylor 815C
'59 Gibson LG2
Washburn J4 jazz box, ebony tailpiece
Gold Tone open back banjo
Anon. mountain dulcimer
Creaky old Framus 5/1 50
About 1/2 of Guitar One completed; currently intimidating me on account of the neck geometry.
Stacks of mahogany, spruce, maritime rosewood, western red cedar
Expensive sawdust
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