[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

Thanks Ian. I just watched the HHG episode from 2023 with Doc. It was great. Thanks again.

[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

thanks again to both of you. i first verified my silicone blanket was generating relatively even heat, which it is, then used the parchment/foil method and moved quickly…perfect bend. I think I’ve been too careful for all of my bends so far and have just gotten lucky until know. that said, this next guitar look like it will be wenge and not mahogany. many thanks.

Paul

[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

Michael and Michael…thank you both. I am very frustrated as my second bend also broke. I had the wood quite wet, but as you stated, Mr. Baskin, I think I am moving too slowly. and perhaps getting too hot as well. The thermostat on my blanket is not the easiest to control though the blanket it self is the one pictured on the StewMac site, the T-stat is different and requires a lot of tweaking to maintain a goal temp.

I should have waited another hour or 2 and then I would have seen your replies. I hate loosing the material…it really hurts!

I may need to invest in a better controller and just work faster…thanks again.

Paul

[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

I builder in my area had it. I did not know him but I saw on Facebook that his family was selling his tools and wood after he died. Was a good deal at the time…or maybe it wasn’t.

Thank you Ian…I’ll give it another go today. I have another set from him so fingers crossed!

[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

Hey Ian…thanks….

[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

I had been using the spring steel from Stew Mac, which is considerably more narrow and shorter than what is pictured here. Last night I found more of my own material and cut a 2nd piece, so now my sandwich will be fully encased with metal. The StewMac piece left quite a bit of the blanket exposed and perhaps I was loosing too much heat over the bouts…??

[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

Yes. I still need at least 1 Thanks.

[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

Hey Paul…I am also Paul. I live down in Franklin. what a great story you have. Hope to run into you some day.

[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

thanks so much…sheh sound good, too

[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

that makes sense, too. thanks, Brock.

[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

Hi Paul…mine may have come from eBay- I don’t quite remember. This weekend I used 1 of those infrared temperature guns all across the entire surface of my blanket while it lay flat on my bench. Mine is getting hot and is relatively evenly distributed.

When I bend I use a food thermometer, one with a 4 inch probe. After I assemble my sandwich I slip it in between the blanket and the wrapped wood…

[Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars]

yes…still looking…I just need 1 but open to more since they are so old i image others are likely to break. thanks