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| Author: | FrankC [ Sat May 04, 2013 6:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | lightbulb bender...what to line inside with? |
hi all...have a bender built and going to use lightbulbs...what should i line the inside with so the wood doesnt scorch or doesnt it matter? its plywood and the forms are not open (have a thin sheet of steel on top). I assume i want to do something with the inside so they dont catch fire since it gets hot in there. thanks! |
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| Author: | John Killin [ Sat May 04, 2013 6:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lightbulb bender...what to line inside with? |
I lined my ukulele light bulb bender with the aluminum tape used to seal HVAC duct work in your house. |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Mon May 13, 2013 2:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lightbulb bender...what to line inside with? |
I used 2 layers of aluminium cooking foil, attached with spray contact adhesive as I remember. |
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| Author: | Tony_in_NYC [ Mon May 13, 2013 1:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lightbulb bender...what to line inside with? |
HVAC aluminum tape is a good choice, as is the aluminum foil from your kitchen. Oily rags, crumpled newpaper, dirty diapers, and matches are poor choices. The diapers will stink up the place and the other things will burn it down. |
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| Author: | Rodger Knox [ Mon May 13, 2013 5:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lightbulb bender...what to line inside with? |
I've used nothing with great sucess, at least so far. I've bent more than a dozen sides with at least one of my forms, and it hasn't caught fire. They're made from 3/8" plywood, and they're not even scorched. |
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| Author: | Tony_in_NYC [ Mon May 13, 2013 5:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lightbulb bender...what to line inside with? |
Rodger Knox wrote: I've used nothing with great sucess, at least so far. I've bent more than a dozen sides with at least one of my forms, and it hasn't caught fire. They're made from 3/8" plywood, and they're not even scorched. So you didn't use oily rags as a liner? See! I was right! |
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| Author: | nyazzip [ Mon May 13, 2013 9:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lightbulb bender...what to line inside with? |
aluminum flashing for roof work is good stuff for that, and cheap |
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| Author: | Daniel Minard [ Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: lightbulb bender...what to line inside with? |
+1 for aluminum flashing. I glued mine to the rig with high heat silicone seal. (I don't know how well that would have lasted, because I replaced the light bulbs with a heat blanket as soon as I could afford it.) I used high wattage light bulbs & did scorch the inside of my bender. It was partly due to the perceived fire hazard that I got rid of the bulbs so fast. |
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