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No sense in starting another topic when my questions will fit in quite nicely with this thread.

1. Will black pipe work? I've got a section of thin-walled black that I was thinking might work fine, until I read this thread.
My intent is to build my own bender

2. I'm in the process of thinning down my sides. What should be a target thickness? I'm working with air dried quarter sawn (nothing special on grain, except it does have some curl) black walnut. It's my stock, so I've got plenty to 'spirment on.

3. Should the back approximate the same thickness?

4. What temp should the bender be - approximately. I'm either gonna rig a temp gauge into the bender, or go with my wife's meat thermometer. Shhhhhh....please don't tell her.

slats need to support the side wood to help avoid warping . Brass is a no no. Even with paper. Brass is also expensive . You want to monitor the temp of the blanket. I think my bending video covered most of this as well as the technique , but there are more than one way to do things.

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