Radius question to the builders

noodlenot

Craig Bumgarner wrote:

I have been meaning to mention that it can get tricky when pulling an arched back down to straight sides at the tail block. When you go from arched to straight, you end up with a little extra material which can make the back ripple a little here. If this were clothing, you would put "darts" in it. I solved this by arching the back less and allowing the sides to rise just a little. Molding the back during laminating would no doubt solve the problem as well.

Hi Craig!
my last back had some serious radius (kindof an experience) and i ended up removing quite a bit of sides hight from the waist till the endblock/neckblock with a block plane - the waist area becoming significantly taller than the rest of the sides; is this what you mean by "allowing the sides to rise"? - just curious. it ended up much better than i expected, with just minor discrepancies.

cheers,
miguel.