I am just seeing this… one other thing worth looking at in a post mortem… the way this broke (and considering it was in the lower bout where things usually go ok) you might have some significant runout in this piece. If you get a lot of runout the grain can sometimes open up on you.

Hey Ben. I can’t *exactly* say where your problems are occurring, but I have a few thoughts. Overall I would say you are too wet, and going too slow.

I bend my sides at .05″ for an outer side and .045″ for an inner side, but I built quite a few guitars with solid sides around .080″ and this method basically worked for me.

I use supersoft…

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