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Here's to the Wagner steam-generator! I have one, also. For this project, though, I did my final bending with the primary instrument being an up-cycled Goodwill hot hair curling iron. Anyway, sequence more or less as depicted.... for better or worse I've started making another guitar! Yeah, it's oak...

^^^^. this is just the coolest !!!

Pretty awesome photos, and thanks for the commentary as well!

OFF TOPIC, fer sure !!! Sometimes when I run the Shopsmith DC3300, I hear the same "moan" of an old-time V8 engine opening up the carburetor to full capacity. I'm not as old as many here, but a brief trip down memory lane: I found this video. My dad had an *identical* used '71 Chevy van, w...

FYI, The last posting was from a Flag case project which concluded elsewhere on the Forum. Today, I was looking at a big ol' slab of QS Red Oak. Initially I cut it to use the 2 pretty sides, and thought I'd be throwing away the central "pith". But, the pith could be re-sawn and rotated, to...

I love it!!! Putting "old arn" to work with a bit of creativity....

Very sorry to hear about charlese . He was a super-positive influence on this forum. My condolences and appreciation.

The points about scrap-parts etc. remind me: My Dad many years ago had dealings with a gent in Mt. Carmel, Illinois, which in those days had a Snap-On Tools foundry. This gent's job including taking any defective wrenches to a site where they were buried in concrete!

Yes, those babies are right fine instruments. I had hands on about 5 of them in my shop over the years, but I'm down to one multi-purpose one.

We'll see how it works out for comfort

One thing not so easy to see in the pictures, is that the seat does tilt back a tad (per the design). I think that does add a bit of comfort.

If not, then "Mark 2" could come to enhance things