Bending the Sides (Ep 3 - Acoustic Guitar Build)
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- Опубликовано: 17 дек 2017
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In this video I show how I bend sides for an acoustic guitar. If you watch till the end you'll see that the side cracked and then I broke it in half.
The one thing I would change about the method I used in this video: instead of clamping the middle cull down tight before bending the upper and lower bouts, I am going to try to leave about 2 inches in the middle, then get the ends down with the butterfly nuts, then tighten everything slowly. I'm going to order a new set of sides and try again with this ziricote. If that doesn't work then I might just use indian rosewood for this guitar...
Wish me luck!
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Having made my own Acoustic guitar pretty much from scratch, I know what you are going through. Your mistake was not soaking the wood enough. It needs to be very wet & steaming works better than just spraying water on the wood. Lesson learned. Believe me, I made tons of mistakes during the building process. Good thing that I had previous experience from making two Bass guitars & one Electric guitar prior to the Acoustic build. Solid body guitars are so much easier to make. I think that anyone just starting out would be better off doing a solid body build first or purchasing an Acoustic kit guitar in order to get that much needed experience. Anyway, looking forward to see how you progress. Keep plugging away............ :)
Thanks to your unfortunate fail - we are all a little wiser. Thank you - great series!
Hey man, don’t be discouraged. Now you have more experience and a new approach. I look forward to seeing it when you are ready and able.
Thanks Adam!
Love the videos, clear instruction and explanations. Sorry the wood broke. I have been on vacation in the South Pacific for 6 weeks so just getting to your videos now.
Awesome! Gotta learn how to deal with the unexpected, too. Well done, sir.
Que buenos videos .eres todo un maestro. Gracias por este gran aporte.
Sorry that happened Adam. Hope the next one goes better.
Respect for showing your mistake! Very instructive for us too. I bent guitar sides (Indian rosewood and sycamore) with a big old electric soldering iron with a copper pipe jammed over the business end, handle clamped in a vice. It was really slow (hour or so each side) but it worked in the end with a bit of smoke. I think the wood needs time to adjust to each bend especially if the temperature is not exactly right. When it is, the wood bends quite easily a little way. I'm going to try a heat gun next because the soldering iron was not the last word in convenience. Those electric blankets and laser thermometers look a bit too 'spensive for me. Boat builders and chair makers use a steam pipe. Also, I think you were right first time: you have to get the waist pressed in completely before you can do the bouts, or you will end up with curves in the wrong place.
Respect for showing the damage!
Fantastic warning! I'm not going to try this at home with my Rio rosewood 😱
Hi Adam, what is the use of extra aluminum sheets outside of the silicone heating pad?
I'm learning how to build guitars now and your videos made my IQ level doubled. Thank you
I feel for you man! You might have enough length on that side for an octave mando, I say set it aside and plan for that in the future.
yeah! I was thinking even a ukelele or even just inlay material for something in the future. thanks!
This is probably one of the easiest woods to bend; the catch is that it requires very little moisture. Soaking the wood only makes the grain really weak. This wood only needs a light spray just before bending, but it will also bend dry, just be careful not to burn it.
Exactly and too much water can make the sides wavy. I think he didn't bend fast enough and the wood dried out and became very brittle at 300 degrees which I learned the hard way as well.
he has to know the temperature by janka, so he doesn't burn the fiber or the resin
Thats why I spray warm water before start up bending and once I spray water inmediately startup bending without hesitacion.
Good Videos where can i buy the sheet metal that is use to bend the sides?
I am building my first guitar now, but from a kit. I didn't have to bend my sides, but they were not bend sufficiently. I see this was 4 years ago now, so I assume you worked it out. ;-)
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Where did you get the heating mat? I'm having a hard time. Stew Mac doesn't have them. Great videos by the way. Just what I've been looking for.
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Bummer! More water may be needed to soak into the wood for steam. That was my thought. Seeing the problems is educational too. Hang in there and keep moving forward,
Thanks Jim!
Do not do this unless you want wavy uneven sides also if the wood is figured it will actually weaken the wood.
His problem was that he took too long in bending and the wood dried out. and became brittle.
Wet the paper, then let the excess water run off. The tin foil will keep the steam in for a little while. You need to work very quickly because once the water has completely evaporated the wood will become very brittle which is what happened to you. If you get the wood too wet you will wind up with sides that are wavy instead of flat.
can i ask something how much the thickness ang lenght of yhe sides?
2,5 mm sometimes use 1,8 for very hard woods like cocobolo
Do you have plans for the broken pieces?
Travis Cole not sure yet... maybe a ukelele?
Right on! Good luck. Love the series so far!
Where did you get the jig?
He made this jig
300° celsius :O?
TheAngryLuthier I believe he is working in Fahrenheit. So, about 149 Celsius.
@@daveparker839 yes uk and usa uses F
Janka Hardness baby, bye bye ziricote
psst...its a caul pronounced call, sounds like you're saying cull, just confusing ....love the videos and plan on following along to build my own, just had to get that out there. :-)
Nice video... well produced. But (
You need to lay it in water over the night then heat it up like fock....
Do not do this unless you want wavy uneven sides also if the wood is figured it will actually weaken the wood.