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thanks. looks like its available but theres a ton of different types

Hi Sean, look for Tessa tape. I’ll try to find the code number but there is a red version (for cold pressing) and a blue version (for hot pressing). I know, the wrong way around right? Cheers Darren

@darrenking thanks, I am signing up for that course asap. im in the US so will have to look for the tape here.

Hi Sean, I’m pretty sure that there is a section of video in the laminating masterclass I filmed with Mark where I demonstrate the method used. If you imagine glueing the halves of a very thin soundbo...

Sorry, I'm way late to this thread but was doing some research on laminated backs. was curious about how you seamed and joined the back pieces? what glue did you use? how'd you joint them to get a ...

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My last sets of laminated sides! Promise! This time I have used the same veneer all the way through ie macassar ebony, with two internal layers running at 90 degrees. Not sure if this will make a diff...

Thanks, I will do. My natural tendency is to prefer science to art but I guess I'm going to have to let go a bit on this one! I have one cedar soundboard that seems very much floppier across the grain...

Hey Darren - I tend to try and balance the front with its back and sides... for eg. I wouldn't put a super heavy back and sides with a super light top. I try and match them roughly like this - the aim...

Ok, so here’s a question. The massur birch parts don’t sound as hard and ringy as the ziracote, with the santos rosewood somewhere in the middle. Would it be better to match the massur birch with a ve...

Yup, that’s the stuff. It has a pretty short shelf life once it is opened so don’t buy a huge tub or you’ll end up binning most of it. Darren

@darrenking thanks again. i'm going to use 3 layers. i found this. is this it? did find aerolite but its all in the UK and europe.

Hi Sean, UF = Urea Formaldehyde It’s available as a liquid resin/powder hardener, liquid resin/liquid hardener and also a one shot powder that you add water to. One of the main benefits is that you ca...

@darrenking thanks for the response. i am in US and googled UF resin system but its all technical articles. i guess it's also called plastic resin glue. i will take both inside and outside lams to...

Hi Sean, ideally you should have lay up that is symmetrical so that the glue lines are equally spaced on, and on either side of the centre line (of the thickness). I have used West System for the firs...

I recently had a humidity issue in my shop during a really cold spell. It caused a back that I had braced up to flatten and even curl up on the edges where I had scalloped the braces. so i chisel, p...

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