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Author:  TonyBal [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:54 am ]
Post subject:  Cheap side bender?????

I am going to try & build one acoustic guitar & don't want to put any real money into a side bender at this time. What would you guys recommend. I have a heat gun & have seen demos of it being used to heat a large metal pipe which was used to bend the wood. Is there anything else that might work for this possible one time bend? idunno

Author:  Dave Livermore [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap side bender?????

Tony,
The least expensive is probably going to be a pipe with a torch blowing into it.
Check out the Cumpiano book. Even the Sloan book. They both detail how to do this.

Dave

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