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Offline hillbilly61

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Backing Thickness
« on: March 04, 2010, 10:18:00 pm »
 I have some maple and a strip of walnut that I thought of making as the backing. The maple is 3/4" thick and the walnut is 1/2" How thin do I need to make the walnut?
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Re: Backing Thickness
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2010, 10:19:55 pm »
I always try to make the Backing Strips 1/8 to 3/16 thick...no thicker
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Offline bcbull

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Re: Backing Thickness
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2010, 12:24:09 am »
id saw the maple  1/8  back the walnut with it  walnut  not a good backing wood   brock
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