Heated Side Bender Plans-Ukulele

Heated Side Bender Plans-Guitar

$22.95

• Overview
• Specs
• Plan Info

• General Information:

  Stop paying the price of pre-bent sides or trying to bend your sides and cracking them. Bend your own sides quickly and easily with the help of this incredible side bender.

  From our Heated Side Bender Plans-Guitar, build our GenOne Luthier Supply - Heated Guitar Side Bender Tool and construct this easy-to-build tool in just a few hours. You will get the same results every time in just minutes, no matter what guitar shape or wood!

  Note: As ALL of our plans are sold as digital downloads, when you complete your plan purchase with us, you will automatically be given a download link to access the plans.
  

  Interested in our Hardware Package for this tool? CLICK HERE to go to the Hardware Package for this plan.

• Specifications:

  This tool will bend sides for all our 6 or 12 string acoustical guitars, classical guitars and Gibson L5 electric plans. Note that it will not bend acoustic bass guitars or the Sand Electric Classic guitars.

  With the cutaway attachment, you will be able to bend any of the above shapes, except the acoustic bass and Sand guitars.

  By using the florentine cutaway attachment you will be able to bend any of our florentine cutaway shapes.

  Time to bend one side: approximately 15 minutes plus cool-down time.

  Insert plans for each guitar shape are now included with each guitar plan.

   

• Plan Content:


  Sheets 1-3: Full Size drawings showing complete detail of side top and the end, of the tool, including all the detailed notes, dimensions and materials you will need to build this jig very accurately and quickly. Also, new to this version of this plan, you can bend variable waist configurations with our adjustable waist compression plate. All the necessary details are supplied. Finally, the end retainers are detailed very completely along with spring attachment assemblies and other important details.

  Sheet 4: This sheet will give you all of the template diagrams for all the tool parts. Each part is dimensioned and the layout will permit you to cut the entire tool out of a single sheet of 24" x 48" plywood. You will also need a small piece of 3/8" plywood and 1/4" plywood for the adjustable waist retainer option.

   

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Plate Joining Jig Plans - Guitar

$12.95

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Cutaway Attachment for Heated Guitar Bender

$12.95

• Overview
• Specs
• Plan Info

• General Information:

  The Cutaway Attachment Plan is an add to the Heated Side Bender Tool, You can now bend acoustic guitar venetian cutaways, for either left or right-handed guitars. These cutaway contours are shown on each guitar plans where they are available.

  This attachment quickly fastens to our Heated Guitar Bender (plans). It allows you to make minor adjustments with registrations pins for (4) different acoustic guitar shapes selected from our Guitar Building Plans.

  Note: As ALL of our plans are sold as digital downloads, when you complete your plan purchase with us, you will automatically be given a download link to access the plans.
  

   

• Note that the cutaway attachment will work with our Gibson L-5 Single Cutaway Semi-Hollowbody Guitar Plan as well. You will have to use a 1.5" (38mm) diameter tube in lieu of the typical 3" aluminum tube used for acoustic guitars.

  Heated Bender Cutaway Inserts are now included with all our guitar plans. I.E. if you purchase a dreadnought guitar plan you will received plans for the standard dreadnought heated bender insert and you will also receive the cutaway version for this guitar. Note that not all of our acoustic guitars are offered in cutaway versions. Refer to each guitar plan sales page for more detailed information.

   

• Master Plans:

  Plans include (2) very detailed drawings giving you all of the detail you will need to build this jig with ease. Cutaway Attachment for Heated Guitar Bender Plan Content:

  Sheet 1: Full Size drawings showing complete detail of cutaway bending jig, complete with construction notes, fasteners, and complete dimensions of the jig.

  Sheet 2: Cutaway Attachment Jig Location on the Heated Side Bender and instructions on fitting the jig to the heated side bender.

   

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