UkeforJC
Well-known member
Dear all,
I finally decided to make my bending iron, instead of buying one, and start practicing bending. Thanks to many of you, I was able to get all the information to make the bending iron.
So, for my first time bending, I cut a piece of wood bought from HD, prorbably pine.
I planed it down to 2 mm and start bending. I went super slow, and I was able to do it. And no crack, or burn..
Maybe beginner's luck? Man !! that was fun.
Learning to bend the side is really making me feel that I am really learning to be a ukulele maker. haha..
So, I am having a problem with my drying form.
Since I couldn't really make a mold, I made a drying form just like what Dave G has shown in his video.
I found the sticks that I glued on to the ply wood are not perfectly straight. I meant they are not perfectly perpendicular to the plywood.
Because of this, I noticed that some sticks are not exactly in contact to the bended side.
I am afraid that the side might not be straight as well. Then the sides might not be perpendicular to the top and back.
Is it really going to be a problem?
Is there anyway to improve the drying form? or I just have to bend the side more carefully?
Thanks
I finally decided to make my bending iron, instead of buying one, and start practicing bending. Thanks to many of you, I was able to get all the information to make the bending iron.
So, for my first time bending, I cut a piece of wood bought from HD, prorbably pine.
I planed it down to 2 mm and start bending. I went super slow, and I was able to do it. And no crack, or burn..
Maybe beginner's luck? Man !! that was fun.
Learning to bend the side is really making me feel that I am really learning to be a ukulele maker. haha..
So, I am having a problem with my drying form.
Since I couldn't really make a mold, I made a drying form just like what Dave G has shown in his video.
I found the sticks that I glued on to the ply wood are not perfectly straight. I meant they are not perfectly perpendicular to the plywood.
Because of this, I noticed that some sticks are not exactly in contact to the bended side.
I am afraid that the side might not be straight as well. Then the sides might not be perpendicular to the top and back.
Is it really going to be a problem?
Is there anyway to improve the drying form? or I just have to bend the side more carefully?
Thanks