First try at bending

[ken cierp]

Repetitive successful cut-away bends -- require thinning to just over .070" (or less), heat applied to the inside of the curves (and outside), and very tight back up slats. Still -- it can be tricky -- there is a reason the services charge $50 extra to make the cut bends.

Here's our production cutaway bender a variation of (I believe a Breedlove design)

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