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| Author: | dertien616 [ Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Heat blanket on eBay? |
I'm starting my 2nd guitar build soon. The first one I bent my sides with a pipe and I want try a side bending machine for the next one. I found a 6 x 36 1200watt heat blanket that comes with a controller that ranges from 0 to 200 degrees Celsius. Will that work? It's only $90 |
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| Author: | Ben-Had [ Fri Mar 25, 2016 10:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Heat blanket on eBay? |
It would for my purposes as long as it heats up quickly. You don't want to be waiting all day to bend. My max. temp when I'm bending is 375*F. 200* C = approx 392*F |
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| Author: | Joe Beaver [ Sat Mar 26, 2016 1:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Heat blanket on eBay? |
It should be fine, especially at that price! Just make sure it is the correct voltage. I would guess you want 120V |
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| Author: | dertien616 [ Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Heat blanket on eBay? |
Yeah it's 120v. I was going to get a surface temp gauge also and should I do 1 or 2 slats and what kind and thickness? |
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| Author: | Ben-Had [ Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Heat blanket on eBay? |
Folks like to different things when bending. My sandwich is: slat, brown paper, wood, brown paper, slat, blanket. I spritz my wood enough to keep it from scorching. Bending goes: 220*F lower bout, 270* upper bout, 300* waist, take it up to 375*, set my controller to variable (I use a router controller to vary my heat) and gradually over 12-15 minutes bring the temp down to 220*. Turn everything off and let it cool to room temp before I remove the side. Edit: I use a fox style bender |
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| Author: | Mike2E [ Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Heat blanket on eBay? |
dertien616 wrote: I'm starting my 2nd guitar build soon. The first one I bent my sides with a pipe and I want try a side bending machine for the next one. I found a 6 x 36 1200watt heat blanket that comes with a controller that ranges from 0 to 200 degrees Celsius. Will that work? It's only $90 Hopefully it is the Keenovo brand one. Their biggest market is for skateboard bending. They are good quality, better manufactured than lmi. Mine gets to temp in 2 minutes. They have 2 controllers, one uses a thermal switch with rotary knob, the other is digital. The digital one uses a sensor in the heater, so is more tightly controlled. The version with rotary control has a bimetallic heat control switch, so it is not sensing the blanket temperature. Still better control than a heated pipe |
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| Author: | bcombs510 [ Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Heat blanket on eBay? |
Mike2E wrote: dertien616 wrote: I'm starting my 2nd guitar build soon. The first one I bent my sides with a pipe and I want try a side bending machine for the next one. I found a 6 x 36 1200watt heat blanket that comes with a controller that ranges from 0 to 200 degrees Celsius. Will that work? It's only $90 Hopefully it is the Keenovo brand one. Their biggest market is for skateboard bending. They are good quality, better manufactured than lmi. Mine gets to temp in 2 minutes. They have 2 controllers, one uses a thermal switch with rotary knob, the other is digital. The digital one uses a sensor in the heater, so is more tightly controlled. The version with rotary control has a bimetallic heat control switch, so it is not sensing the blanket temperature. Still better control than a heated pipe +1 I use the rotary knob type in the uke side bender I built. I use the digital one on my purchased side bender that the original blanket failed on it. Works great! |
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| Author: | bftobin [ Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Heat blanket on eBay? |
+1 on Keenovo with digital controller. Bought one a few months ago. Heats fast and heat control is very accurate. The price is right. Brent |
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| Author: | dertien616 [ Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Heat blanket on eBay? |
What size should I get I want to do some cutaways to so should I get 6 by 36? |
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| Author: | Joe Beaver [ Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Heat blanket on eBay? |
You will need the 6"x 36" for side bending. You can also use a 6"x 6" for waists and a 6 x 12 for cutaways. |
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