Heat blanket

Chilos

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I'm looking at making a side bender with heat blanket. Thing is, I also make mandolins and - coming soon - guitars. Would I get away with buying just a guitar-sized heat blanket and allowing enough clearance so it overhangs the ends of the bender for smaller instruments?
 
If you really are intent on making a number of instruments with different sizes, shapes etc. you might be better off just using a hand bending iron. Doesn't need any former/jig as such and can be pretty quick once you become skilled at it. That's it's main advantage, you can change shape or size any time you want. Do a new model and there's no former to make. I don't know (never used one) but the bending forms might have an advantage when you are doing many repeated instruments that are the same model.
 
Yeah, but making jigs is what it's all about, isn't it?
 
Yes but only if you wish to be known as the greatest jig maker in the entire history of the world.
 
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