Bending the sides

20150722
I began to bend the sides.
Nothing too different from what I did previously except for the new mould.
Anyway the bending process is using my heat pipe powered by the heat gun and bend with hands and 2 small blocks of wood.
After the sides are bent, I place them in the mould.
Using the centre lines of the mould I marked and cut the ends.

After that I prepared the end blocks too.
A single end block blank can be used for 2 guitars but cutting into 1/2

Bending set-up with heat pipe heat gun.

One side bent

Cutting the ends.

Both sides bent.

Sawing the end block into 1/2

Saw tracking nicely.

Done. For the upper bout I use clamp to spread out the sides.