Hi Terry, I'm not sure if this will matter to you or not... About 2 years ago, I rebuilt the belly of a 7'6" Knabe with the curved/sloped pinblock. I did not put in plugs or sections of new pinblock material, I made a completely new one which got put back into the case in pretty much the same way it came out. (It was morticed into the sides, glued, screwed and tatooed!) Anyway, I needed a full 12 or 12 1/2 inches of throat on the bandsaw to cut that thing out. (Incidentally, the thing was HEAVY too!! If I remember, it was at least three inches thick, maybe more.) Granted, it's not the kind of thing that you might do with every rebuild. But I thought I'd throw it out at ya for your consideration. Good luck, Brian T. ===== Brian Trout Grand Restorations 3090 Gause Blvd., #202 Slidell, LA 70461 985-649-2700 GrandRestorations@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/
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