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Has anyone baked their top braces to match the discussions on the baked tops? I know with the thicker pieces this may not work as well.
-j.

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-jack handy

No reason to, no advantage.

From what I was reading, I thought that a majority of the goal was to shrink the wood cells in the top and limit their range of expansion/contraction. I was just carrying that to the braces, thinking that baking the braces or super-drying them may decrease their capacity of movement as well. If its no benefit, though, it one more step I don't need to take.
Just a thought I wanted to ask this forum, 'cuz there are some incredibly bright and intuitive people here.
I can certainly see where baking out the resins in bracing would do no good at all.
Thanks.

-j.

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“If God dwells inside us like some people say, I sure hope He likes enchiladas, because that's what He's getting”
-jack handy

"I can certainly see where baking out the resins in bracing would do no good at all."

...for the purposes of finishing the guitar that is.

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-jack handy

It's not about baking resins or other things....

How many times must it be spelled out? Go back and read the old threads, and only read what I say this time through....

bah...


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Its' not because you baked the resins....

Baking isn't kilning....

[QUOTE=j.Brown] From what I was reading, I thought that a majority of the goal was to shrink the wood cells in the top and limit their range of expansion/contraction. I was just carrying that to the braces, thinking that baking the braces or super-drying them may decrease their capacity of movement as well. If its no benefit, though, it one more step I don't need to take.[/QUOTE]

Yes, that is right.

I think the "thing" about the top is it is bound at the edges so wood movement will have more of a disasterous impact on the guitar as it expands and contracts severely. This is an step to prevent cracking in extreme climates. The tone improvement (if there is one) seems to be a nice by product.

The braces seem less inclined to cause a problem if they move a little with the natural humidity changes.

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