Saturday, 24 August 2024

More Boo Yew Ipe

 Ah well, my calculations/estimates seem to be a bit too pessimistic, but better too strong than too weak! It's too stiff even after reducing the Ipe a little and rounding the belly. It was about 50# at 12" unbraced.
It was also trying to flip over sideways as it was rather thick compared to its width, also being unbraced and only pulling a few inches doesn't help.
I don't want to make the Ipe too thin, so I've carefully run it through the bandsaw down the middle of the thickest lamination and re-glues it. That takes about 1.5mm from the thickness.
Hopefully once it's finished I'll be able to work out some sort of fiddle factor for boo/Yew/Ipe.

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