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BENDING DAY

8/6/2019

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I was in an optimistic mood this afternoon so I decided it was a good day to bend the sides.  I got the bending pipe in the vise and plugged it in.
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It takes awhile for the soldering iron inside to heat the pipe up to the 200 degrees I need to bend wood. That gives me time to wet the wood in the sink.                                                                                                                                                                                        
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'the East Indian Rosewood came first.  i got a good bend and put the side in the mold.
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I tightened up the reverse clamps and got to work on the second side.
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Success !  the East Indian is bent nicely.  I will leave it in the mold over night to set, and dry.  and now for the Sycamore.
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Sycamore bends very easily and because I have only the one tenor mold, I used another method.  simply clamp the bends to the bending form from your bending machine.  Works just fine.  I have not used the bending machine for some time now  I find I get better bends and don't break wood by doing it by hand over the hot pipe.   It went so well that I even had time to select the fret boards and cut the fret slots.  Thats enough for one day.
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