Mike Doolin's Bent-top arm bevel

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Dave Bagwill
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Mike Doolin's Bent-top arm bevel

Post by Dave Bagwill » Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:32 am

This is very interesting. What is your assessment of the pros/cons of this method?

http://www.doolinguitars.com/articles/armbevel/
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Re: Mike Doolin's Bent-top arm bevel

Post by John Parchem » Fri Nov 10, 2017 1:34 am

I take everything Mike does seriously. He is one smart and talented guy. THat is my main pro.

He also gets the bevel in without effectively narrowing in the top.

Looks good as well.

The con is it might be harder than it looks to look good. I do not get as good of results when I freehand on the belt sander as I see from Mike Doolin or Chris Everett.

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Re: Mike Doolin's Bent-top arm bevel

Post by Dave Bagwill » Fri Nov 10, 2017 9:15 am

Yeah, that free-handing was scary.
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