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| Author: | rich altieri [ Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:00 pm ] |
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I am planning tomake a Snakewood bridge and got this crazy idea swirling around in my head to make it from a laminated approach using Snakewood top with some other wood for the bottom. For example, if I glued up a piece of snakewood to a piece of brazilian. Any problem taking this approach vs. solid bridge? |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:07 pm ] |
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None! Its a good idea actually as Snakewood is very brittle and subject to blowout if your using a router to shape your bridge. |
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| Author: | Sprockett [ Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:47 am ] |
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Snakewood is weird wood, sometimes it's as hard as a rock and others it just splits on it's own. I would be hesitant to laminate it just because of the force thats' on the bridge, other more stable woods I would do without problem but I'd be concerned about snakewood. I just finished one with a snakewood bridge and it's pretty but I'm worried that within two years it will be back in the shop... Snakewood has a mind of it's own, it's good for binding and the stuff from Brad is good for fingerboards, I'm not %100 sure about bridges yet though, only time will tell... -Paul- |
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| Author: | LanceK [ Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:12 am ] |
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Paul, I think this is all the more reason laminating it would be good, not bad. |
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