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anybody the names of the types of bolts and latches i could get at home depot to make a bending forum for use with a heating blanket?

 

THANKS

jon

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Take any one of a zillion pictures from the archive, go to hardware store parts aisle, buy.

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Pretty much anything in any of the standard designs is readily available.

Support your local independent hardware store.

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

with the exception of a veneer press screw for a fox type bender, all the hardware is available from a good hardware store.

if you elect to build a fox type bender the press screw is available from a number of sources, woodworkers supply, grizzly, lmi, and direct from the manufacturer. just google press screws. i prever the 12" size. then again, some folks just make their own with threaded rod.

Jon,
If you can explain what bender you will be building, it will help understand what parts you need. If you are using Robbie's DVD, I think you will need lag bolts and eye bolts, and flat washers and wingnuts. Oh, and some aluminum tape, which will be in the electrical isle. Good luck!
Tracy

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Tracy
http://www.luthiersuppliers.com

Its taken alot of improvising so far but,
I just bought 3/4" threaded rod and one of those 4" long 3/4" i.d. hex bolts {I dont know the name} and I epoxied it in to the header for it. Seems to work fine! Of course Im having to fashion my own handle and improvise the waist section area. Ill post some pics when Im done.
Cheers
Charliewood

All of the above.
And make sure its a bending form, not forum.
One thing to keep in mind in making your form: If you're using MDF or particle board, you'll need to seal it if you plan to use spritzing throughout the process.
13 Ply birch plywood is about the best you can get for jigs and forms, IMO, and you don't have to worry too much about the water exposure.
-j.

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“If God dwells inside us like some people say, I sure hope He likes enchiladas, because that's what He's getting”
-jack handy

i got the ply wood for the sides. i want to make a form like the one on blues creek. i am cutting the sides out of the ply wood.

the thing i could not find was what to use as metal spacers between the the two ply wood patterns, where the actual side would will bend. is that what the threaded rod is used for?

the machine that john sells is a fox style bender. the spacers are usually 1/2" cold rolled steel rods, though some use wooden dowels. again usually available from a good hardware store.

this style machine uses no threaded rod unless you elect to make your own press screw, and since they are not expensive i consider that a waste of time.

i built my own. it is not a difficult process if you have a router, a drill press and a bandsaw or jig saw.

lmi used to sell a plan for one of these machines. if you can't find one i may still have it in my plan bucket. let me know and i will see if i can get you a copy.

I'd stay away from threaded rod as spacers. Its too easy to ding up wood with threads.
I used a series of wood spacers like Robbie O'Brien used on his DVD. It works out pretty well.

-j.

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“If God dwells inside us like some people say, I sure hope He likes enchiladas, because that's what He's getting”
-jack handy

I made one with steel rods and one with dowels. They both work.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

I use 1"x.125" aluminum bar stock that I can get at Ace hardware. Then all you have to do is cut a bunch of notches around your form and epoxy them in.

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Dave Rector
Rector Guitars