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Toasted or toast belly frets
Kidder:
Good save! These actually aren’t frets - they are tension breaks on the outside of the bent area due to using not enough heat and bending too thick of material (been there). Keep at it!
Marc St Louis:
I've found that tension breaks like that while using dry heat is from trying to bend the wood after the wood has been heated up to bending temperature.
superdav95:
I think your in good shape now.
bradsmith2010:
nice :) save,, it looked pretty bad,, :)
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: Marc St Louis on March 15, 2023, 04:22:11 pm ---I've found that tension breaks like that while using dry heat is from trying to bend the wood after the wood has been heated up to bending temperature.
--- End quote ---
That’s interesting Marc.
Now that you mention it. It kinda makes sense.
The heat would be bad for tension strength and it also makes the wood bend deeper. That would cause the deep cracks that go straight down.
I don’t usually bend very thick stuff if I don’t have to
Bjrogg
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