Master the Art of Guitar Bending A Guide to Side Thickness

In this episode of DIY Guitar Making, I discuss the range of appropriate thickness for bending guitar sides. I also talk about the thickness ... It is heated by what will be a 60w (or higher wattage) light bulb, as soon as I can get around to buying/ finding a slim enough one to fit inside the tube. I have tried both hand and machine bending. I spritz the sides thoroughly beforehand. I thin sides to 2.2 mm thickness. Has anyone, with Black ... Just make sure you get the wood to the proper thickness (0.075 inches, in my case) and it'll bend just fine. I did this in my home office using ... I bend sides on a hot pipe. For guitars I bought a 6" long piece of 3" diameter pipe and put a bolt and two nuts in one side. I mount the bolt ... Our side wood is thicknessed to approximately .095", sealed from moisture, and stored flat. Some builders will thickness-sand it down to approximately .085" ... I could have laminated the bend from multiple thin plies, but that ... Guitar sides are bent around a hot iron. (photo used with ... Other builders will have their own take on this process, but this works for me. My ukes sides are normally thinned and finish sanded to about 1.7-1.8mm thick. I ... The only caveats I found were that it loosened too quickly, so you have to be careful not to over bend and tear the wood, and it can be hard to check your ... I spent an afternoon playing with my 'bending iron'. I tried some thin spruce, and it didn't really want to play, but the offcuts of rosewood bent beautifully.