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Re: Material: Using mahogany for ribs on a SOF
By:Chip Sandresky
Date: 11/17/2002, 10:14 am
In Response To: Material: Using mahogany for ribs on a SOF (Malcolm Schweizer)

Hi Malcolm, my outer stems are Mahogany. I soaked them overnight and then steamed them for about 20 minutes. I did get some cracking/splitting. I would bend some test pieces to get a feel for how it behaves.

- Chip
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Messages In This Thread

Material: Using mahogany for ribs on a SOF
Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/16/2002, 8:44 am
I used mahogany...
Brian Nystrom -- 11/18/2002, 1:44 pm
Re: I used mahogany...
Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/19/2002, 11:27 am
Re: Material: Using mahogany for ribs on a SOF
Chip Sandresky -- 11/17/2002, 10:14 am
Re: Material: Using mahogany for ribs on a SOF
Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/18/2002, 1:37 pm
Re: Material: Using mahogany for ribs on a SOF
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/16/2002, 5:55 pm
Re: Material: Using mahogany for ribs on a SOF
Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/18/2002, 1:53 pm