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Ahmed Flamenco

 

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Choosing metal sheets for bending sides 
Hi all

I'm gonna try bending guitar sides using mold and light bulbs and I need to choose between chromium and copper since I have found thin sheets(convenient for bending) available but stainless-steel was too thick.

so what do you think?
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RE: Choosing metal sheets for bendin... (in reply to Ahmed Flamenco) 
I am not an expert on bending forms since I always use a bending iron but I suspect either should work just be sure to separate the side from the bending form with something like Kraft paper or aluminum foil to prevent staining.

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RE: Choosing metal sheets for bendin... (in reply to Ahmed Flamenco) 
Dunno about for guitar building but in building my experience with copper is its really soft and after it oxidizes it's really dirty. Never worked with chromium.

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Escribano

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RE: Choosing metal sheets for bendin... (in reply to Ahmed Flamenco) 
Anders Eliasson used spring steel wrapped in foil to prevent staining.

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Stephen Eden

 

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RE: Choosing metal sheets for bendin... (in reply to Ahmed Flamenco) 
LMII stock some nice sprung steel and pretty reasonable on price too.

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VAHE

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RE: Choosing metal sheets for bendin... (in reply to Ahmed Flamenco) 
Here is an idea .
I made this with minimum investment.
The top part is bending iron with direct heating element inside. the lower part is bending blanket with temperature control from LMI. the body is made of steel . you need to heat both side of the wood in the middle wrapped with aluminum foil , to prevent staining.



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