Zebrawood Venetian Cutaway
Zebrawood Venetian Cutaway
Starting on my first Venetian cutaway. This will be a 00-14 with an Adirondack top. Ebony fingerboard and Spanish cedar neck (I think). I pre bent the waists last night. Seems to bend fairly easily. Worried about the cutaway bending. I have the mold all set for my bender, with a ram attached. Any tips/advice appreciated.
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Re: Zebrawood Venetian Cutaway
Like the waist curve --- pre-bend on a small diameter pipe
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Re: Zebrawood Venetian Cutaway
I found that the only consistency of the typical Fox bender cutaway adapter was to crack the side, even when the material was extra thin. As mentioned I now pre-bend the apex at the curve and return curve -- but most notably I have constructed a much more sophisticated bender which has heat inside and out along with spring loaded compression slats --- its design is proprietary so I can't share, but it looks like this:
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Re: Zebrawood Venetian Cutaway
Looks like a fun project. I like the look of the tension applied by the spring loaded compression slats. I use a heat gun under the venetian cutaway and a heat blanket on the top. I also thin the venetian part of the sides to .070" . I have had good luck with the sides; successfully bending all of them. I hand bend most of the bindings for the Venetian cutaway as they either crack while bending or when I attempt to get them out of the bender.
Re: Zebrawood Venetian Cutaway
Good idea with the heat gun -- seems like that should help a lot.
I found Zebra wood very easy to bend -- but problematic regarding rippling. So, I'd caution to use water sparingly.
I found Zebra wood very easy to bend -- but problematic regarding rippling. So, I'd caution to use water sparingly.
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Re: Zebrawood Venetian Cutaway
Thanks for the tips. Whew. Cutaway side bent successfully. Very light mist of water (after a mist of super soft II the night before). Pre bent the cutaway a bit first. Wrapped in parchment paper heat blanket and then aluminum slat onto the heated bender. Went slowly and after bending I let it cool down before removing. The other side a piece of cake. Now to figure the neck block.
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Re: Zebrawood Venetian Cutaway
Awesome! You did it!