bending and breaking cuban mahogany

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Re: bending and breaking cuban mahogany

Post by ken cierp » Fri May 09, 2014 5:55 pm

Do you have a close up of this Cuban? I like to see the grain structure.

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Re: bending and breaking cuban mahogany

Post by mike-p » Sun May 11, 2014 11:20 am

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Re: bending and breaking cuban mahogany

Post by John Parchem » Sun May 11, 2014 2:30 pm

I can not tell in the picture but if it is not kinked and cracked all the way through then some time you can flood the area with ca, maybe clamped such that the fibers are down and then sand out the lifted\broken fibers. Sometimes not.

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Re: bending and breaking cuban mahogany

Post by John Parchem » Sun May 11, 2014 2:30 pm

I can not tell in the picture but if it is not kinked and cracked all the way through then some time you can flood the area with ca, maybe clamped such that the fibers are down and then sand out the lifted\broken fibers. Sometimes not.

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Re: bending and breaking cuban mahogany

Post by mike-p » Sun May 11, 2014 2:53 pm

Araid i think it's beyond that, especially as the first cracked on the upper bout AND the waist. Got some veneer softener on the way from a guy on the OLF so will use that next time. Not been able to find sides that match the back to my satisfaction yet.

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Re: bending and breaking cuban mahogany

Post by ken cierp » Mon May 12, 2014 4:41 pm

I have some "Super Soft" but never really tried it on Mahogany, good idea.

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