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| Author: | My Dog Bob [ Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Wondering about the bendability of the following woods: |
I picked up some wood this weekend at LMI's sale and am wondering how easy or hard the following is to bend: Wenge Madagascar Rosewood Honduran Rosewood Machiche Any input appreciated. Thanks, Peter Z |
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| Author: | martinedwards [ Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wondering about the bendability of the following woods: |
I've bent mad rose. maybe SLIGHTLY stiffer than EIR but no big worries. dunno about the others |
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| Author: | Tom West [ Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wondering about the bendability of the following woods: |
Peter: Out of these I've only bent Honduran Rosewood. It bent very easily with no problem other than an abnormal amount of black resin from one set after bending. This cleaned up easily with scraping and sanding. Tom |
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| Author: | My Dog Bob [ Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wondering about the bendability of the following woods: |
Forgot to add this to the list.... Ziricote... Thanks, Peter Z |
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| Author: | Bobc [ Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wondering about the bendability of the following woods: |
As usual good advice from Todd. |
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| Author: | bluescreek [ Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wondering about the bendability of the following woods: |
Wenge is prone to splitting so handle this with care but will bend easy at about 320. Don't over heat if if you can as this will make it more brittle. |
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| Author: | JasonMoe [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wondering about the bendability of the following woods: |
I hand bent a small set of wenge on a pipe and it bent very nice. Med/Hot pipe and spritzed it with water as I went along. Bent almost like Mahog. |
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