jimialeggio wrote: > My reference to panel involvement was ambiguous, I think . I was > referring to the restriction imposed by the panel's grain angle and rim > proximity etc. , not by 5%mc assembly (ie cc, which I have no interest > in pursuing). I understand what you were saying. I'm just not that sure grain angle has all that much to do with hammer hardness tolerance without some experience. I do know that folks making rib crowned boards with a higher level of panel compression are using Abels, Renner Blues, and other such rocks successfully. > I also think that this "stiffening" behaves different tonally than the > stiffening created by a CC board that has hit its compression limit. I think these are entirely different critters than CC boards, in how they work. Ron N
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