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Old 01-01-2012, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by quentinjazz View Post
Hi Mark,

your Koa is wonderful!
Is 7% moisture your target for this wood?
and, btw, happy new year

Q.
Hello Q

Yes. 7% is fine. It will be stable from here, so I can now start to cut the slices down to the back and side blanks. To get the backs and sides for this project I'm cutting four of these:



And four of these for the sides:



I can use the end cut for headstock laminates etc.
So from this I'll get enough for four guitars or two pair of book matched sisters. I'm picking the best pair for the Penelope sisters:

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