THANK YOU TONY, FOR US WHO DONT WELD MAYBE A THREADED PIPE / FLANGE MIGHT WORK. To change the light bulb, just unscrew the pipe from flange. Great information, Tony
With content like this, I'll be referencing your channel regularly as soon as I'm ready to start building my first mandolin! Thank you for the very helpful videos!
Tommy, how do you prevent the light bulb from breaking due to the intense heat? I read that some luthiers have built similar type bending irons but the bulb keeps breaking?
I never had any issues with my light bulbs. They last years before I have to replace them.. maybe better quality light bulbs..?🤷♂️ I’m not too sure. I never have to run it to the maximum intensity though .. that could be a reason
Thank you Tomy for sharing your way of doing things. This an interesting video as I had never thought about bending material when playing Archtops - it is inspirational to me.
I see your video is already a few years old, but maybe you’ll see this and let me know... Do you turn the dimmer up all the way to max or is there a point somewhere in between where you stop-and how did you determine that point? Thx
I usually put it to max, but sometimes if I spend too much time at the Jig to test fit it gets a lot hotter, if I notice and burning on the wood ( appears like a brown tint on maple) I dial it down some. Very rare I have to play with it though.
I made a similar one, it works but the 150watt lightbulb breaks after one use! Too expensive to keep replacing the bulb, I’m now trying a bbq charcoal starter.
These bulbs are hard to find these days in Europe. Where should I look for them? Those newer halogen types aren't powerful enough and they die quick. Tnx!
@@HovingtonInstruments I was going to ask you about this. It's almost impossible to find incandescent in Australia. Are they still available in North America? I have a step-down transformer that I might be able to use. :D
It can get really hot, enough to burn the wood. I can get the same spray bottle results I've demonstrated in the video with the electrical one. The trick here is to have the wood thin enough for it to bend. I wouldn't be able to bend 1/4 thick in the guitar shape on this .its a good thing that a guitar side is thinner than 1/8...
Interesting question, I would be curious to find a bulb that would fit in there with enough watts to create the required heat. If so, it can totally be done.
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THANK YOU TONY, FOR US WHO DONT WELD MAYBE A THREADED PIPE / FLANGE MIGHT WORK. To change the light bulb, just unscrew the pipe from flange. Great information, Tony
That's a nice apparatus Tomy, so smart!
+Maurice Blok Thanks Maurice, It does the job and it's a lot cheaper than the alternative..
Awesome! More stuff I can make with tools I already have! Way cheaper than buying a ready made one!👌🏿😎👍🏿
Totally agree and fun to make !
Thanks for stopping by 👍
With content like this, I'll be referencing your channel regularly as soon as I'm ready to start building my first mandolin! Thank you for the very helpful videos!
Amazing! Thank you for sharing your gift with all of us.
welcome Kevin, glad this can be helpful
Tommy, how do you prevent the light bulb from breaking due to the intense heat? I read that some luthiers have built similar type bending irons but the bulb keeps breaking?
I never had any issues with my light bulbs. They last years before I have to replace them.. maybe better quality light bulbs..?🤷♂️ I’m not too sure. I never have to run it to the maximum intensity though .. that could be a reason
Thank you Tomy for sharing your way of doing things. This an interesting video as I had never thought about bending material when playing Archtops - it is inspirational to me.
+cluxseltoot thanks for watching.. glad you got something from the video.
I see your video is already a few years old, but maybe you’ll see this and let me know...
Do you turn the dimmer up all the way to max or is there a point somewhere in between where you stop-and how did you determine that point?
Thx
I usually put it to max, but sometimes if I spend too much time at the Jig to test fit it gets a lot hotter, if I notice and burning on the wood ( appears like a brown tint on maple) I dial it down some. Very rare I have to play with it though.
Thanks man, I'm learning a lot 😊
Happy this is useful. Thanks for watching Marlon
What diameter pipe did you use? I watched the vid twice, maybe i missed it. Thanks for the idea, this one looks better than the others i watched!
James Alexander the light bulb fits just right in a 3 1/2" OD pipe.. wall looks like schedule 40 ... roughly 1/8" . Thanks for watching..
Hi! I was thinking of making this myself, but I was wondering how much it cost you for the whole build. Thanks!
I made a similar one, it works but the 150watt lightbulb breaks after one use! Too expensive to keep replacing the bulb, I’m now trying a bbq charcoal starter.
Very clever Tomy!
+Stephan Pöhnlein Thank you Stephan..
These bulbs are hard to find these days in Europe. Where should I look for them? Those newer halogen types aren't powerful enough and they die quick. Tnx!
+seasonedtoker not sure.. maybe online, I got this one at Home Depot.. 3 or 4 years ago..
@@HovingtonInstruments I was going to ask you about this. It's almost impossible to find incandescent in Australia. Are they still available in North America? I have a step-down transformer that I might be able to use. :D
Cool Tomy! How hot does the light bulb contraption have to get to bend the wood properly?
It can get really hot, enough to burn the wood. I can get the same spray bottle results I've demonstrated in the video with the electrical one. The trick here is to have the wood thin enough for it to bend. I wouldn't be able to bend 1/4 thick in the guitar shape on this .its a good thing that a guitar side is thinner than 1/8...
Tomy: have you thought of heating the 1.5 inch pipe with a light bulb? Just curious if that would work.
Interesting question, I would be curious to find a bulb that would fit in there with enough watts to create the required heat. If so, it can totally be done.
Very useful video. Thank you very much.
Glad it’s helpful! Thanks for watching
Was thinking do the same with my hit gun. Would work?
I don't think a heat gun would have the same results, but I never tried it...Thanks for watching..
Thank you, very imformative
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Hope this helps
Would it still work if you used a stainless steel pipe instead of aluminium?
I would think so. One of the advantage of aluminum is that it gets hot really quick. But Stainless would get hot to.
its a great work
Great Video!
Thank you!
thank you most kindly very helpful
+allan munsami you’re welcome Allan!
I imagine you also use this for bending binding right?
Yes, I do for wood binding.. here’s a video about it .. ua-cam.com/video/6tg7Ddm2WYA/v-deo.html
How does a light bulb heat that thing up?
When a light bulb is on it gets really hot and because aluminum conducts heat the pipe gets hot too.
+Tomy Hovington but how does the light bulb get that hot?
+Jeremy Hovington ua-cam.com/video/Pk60-D61h34/v-deo.html
you use the incandescant one right?
+Jeremy Hovington you got it son!
Great videos Tommy, please adjust your mic!
Carolina Lynch thanks Carolina, this video is a year to a year and half old.. my newer videos have better sound...
Omg thank you!!!!!!!
Your very welcome!!
Nice
thank you.
You are welcome!
Your video is very useful. I’m making oud in Iran. But can not find a plan.
May you help me and send me a plan or email me?
I don’t actually have a plan for this but give all the needed dimensions in this video. Enjoy your oud build
Is the dimmer a 1000 watt unit???
dimmer switch is 600W, light bulb 200W
And I just spend $220 for an Ibex bender from StewMac... This would have been much cheaper.
Will Hathaway really sorry to hear that... can you get your money back??
I've already used it so probably not. I'll make the next one though. :-)
Thank you, extremely helpfull