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| Author: | Tim McKnight [ Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:09 pm ] |
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Just curious if anyone has used Padauk for FB & bridges. I have a couple of nice planks that I thought about using. It's open grain but no more so than EIRW. Also what about Ipe? It looks a lot like Sapele but much denser and heavier. It is also much closer grained. |
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| Author: | Shawn [ Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:14 pm ] |
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I have not used Ipe for either but it would be hard enough for a fingerboard although probably too heavy for a bridge. Padauk on the other hand I have started using for bridges (I build classical) once I learned that Smallman and others are using Padauk because of its lower weight but high strength would help a classical bridge. Most Padauk would probably not be hard enough for fingerboards. |
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| Author: | Dave White [ Sun Nov 27, 2005 10:04 pm ] |
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Tim, I've used padauk bridges on a couple of short scale travel bouzoukis that also had padauk b/s - also used it as bridge plates. Works really well - polishes up fine once you get rid of all of that red dust!! 
If you have the right piece of padauk I don't see why you couldn't use it for fingerboards - people use cocobolo. I'd test first to check that you don'y get red fingers when you play 
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| Author: | Michael McBroom [ Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:39 am ] |
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I've used padauk on a few classicals I've built. Here's one on a 10-string I finished this past summer: 
Padauk is actually a nice tonewood. It's light -- the stash I have has a density of about 0.65, plus it has a very clear, metallic ring to it when tapped. It's easy to work with files and machines well, although it does tend to splinter. I have to be especially careful when working on the corners of the bridge wings. I agree that it would be too soft to use as a fingerboard material. However, if you're looking for a red colored fingerboard, bloodwood does make a nice fingerboard, and it doesn't slowly oxidize to a brown color the way padauk does. If you're thinking about using it for a steel string acoustic with bridge pins, you might find some tearout, however. I notice a little occuring where the strings exit the back of the tie block on the padauk classical bridges I built. Best, Michael |
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| Author: | John Kinnaird [ Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:51 am ] |
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I don't believe I have ever seen IPE. What color is it? John |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:59 am ] |
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Bro--I've got some to show you when you come this Christmas. It's green/brown, when it's not brown/green. That's clear, isn't it? KBW |
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| Author: | John Kinnaird [ Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:15 am ] |
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oh, yeah. 
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