Maple, not pig.
Last night I cut ribs for the Maggini. I went ahead and sawed 10 from the stock (you need a total of 6 for a fiddle) as I bending can lead to some attrition I have learned. I sawed 3 or so, then then then I botched a bunch of them. I kept getting these odd wavy lines in the cut. So I switched to scrap wood and poof they were gone. Huh. Three (no kidding) iterations back and forth I figured out what it was: tension. When I was cutting the for-real stock, I was all “must get this right” and pressing too hard into the blade. I took a deep breath, relaxed, and sawed the rest just fine.
