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Peter Tsiorba
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From: Portland, Oregon Pacific Northwest
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RE: Sides curved after bending? (in reply to Vince)
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Hello Vince, Occasionally, I have come across the same problem. As far as I can tell, it is usually due to the characteristics of that particular set of wood. With maple, especially, the most spectacular figure tends to focus around tension/compression areas of the tree, i.e. near the crotches and tree limbs. Yes, try to wet the wood again, and dry it in the bender. If that does not help, consider either laminating the sides, or using extra cross-grain side braces. In general, I try to bend maple with more heat and less water.
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Date Feb. 11 2016 1:52:16
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Andy Culpepper
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From: NY, USA
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RE: Sides curved after bending? (in reply to Vince)
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This only happened to me once, with a set of Indian Rosewood on my 3rd guitar. It was bad enough that it couldn't be scraped out, and side braces didn't really help. Everyone I've talked to says it just happens on certain sets of wood, but I think bending by hand with a bending iron/hot pipe/whatever helps. I've had other side sets that seemed like they wanted to ripple, but I was able to see it as it was happening and control it better, to the point where it could be scraped/sanded out. When I used to use a bending machine, you would just spray the sides a bit and put them in, and not look until the next day, so you didn't know at what stage it happened and you couldn't address it as it was happening. I'm sorry to hear that it happened to you with a special set of wood :/
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Date Feb. 11 2016 19:15:08
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