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Author:	Michael Dale Payne [ Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:53 am ]
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I am in the process of redesigning the edges of my Pegheads to small radius corners in lue of mitered corners when bound and purfed. I want the inside radius of the purfling to be .125" r.. My solder iron makes a good bending pipe for this radius but with fiber purfling I having about a 50% success rate of completing the bend with out the fiber splitting, no matter how slow and careful I bend. I am much more sucessfull with wood purfling .01/.02/.01 bwb maple than with the same in fiber. I figured it would be the other way around. Any thoughts?

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Author:	Brock Poling [ Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:16 pm ]
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are you using a backer? I have pretty good luck bending really fragile things when I use a flexible metal backer. Have you tried that?

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Author:	Keith M [ Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:49 pm ]
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I think I would use individual strips of fiber and glue them on all at once. Much easier to make tight bends.

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Author:	Michael Dale Payne [ Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:51 am ]
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yep in the out side. have to have it or they tear every time. Keith is probably right. Bend them and lay them up one at a time

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Author:	John How [ Tue Nov 08, 2005 2:18 am ]
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Have you tried wetting the fiber? not much probaly or they'll fall apart. I bend them around 1/4 pearl dots quite a bit.

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Author:	Michael Dale Payne [ Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:58 am ]
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no, I did not figure that wetting the fiber would help but I will try tonight

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Author:	Pwoolson [ Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:23 am ]
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Michael, I once boiled some fiberboard and the 1/4 x .010 stuff would bend around a pencil when I was done. Might give that a try.

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