Bending Forms for Acoustic Side Bending Machine
Made for our Side Bending System, these precision crafted and matched bending forms ensure that your guitar sides have the perfect curves bend after bend.
Your sides are only as good as the forms you bend them on—any lumps or unevenness in the forms will transfer to your sides. If your sides are twisted, warped, or uneven the whole guitar will be off. And making forms that match exactly is very time consuming for the home builder—you want to spend your time building guitars, not jigs!
Made from durable 13-ply Baltic Birch, these forms are built for a lifetime of builds. Each set includes three forms that span the entire width of the side. The three form support prevents twisting for consistent and repeatable bends.
Change body styles instantly
Switching between different body styles is a snap with our Bending Forms. Go from Dreadnought to 000 in seconds, giving you the freedom to experiment with different guitar shapes with the same machine and no downtime.
Bend cutaway sides with ease
When you're using our cutaway forms, you'll also need our Cutaway Ram. The Cutaway Ram installs on to the Bender in seconds, giving you another jig on the same machine. Just drop in the cutaway bending form, and install the perfectly matching cutaway mates to the Ram, and you're ready to bend.
Choose your next build
We make four bending forms, and matching cutaway versions of each:
- Dreadnought
- OM
- 000
- J-45
Features:
- 11/16" (18mm) thick high quality 13-ply Baltic Birch for durability
- Precision-crafted for consistent bends
- Fully interchangeable for instant body style changes
- Matched cutaway forms for perfect cutaways
- Set of 3 matched forms
Dimensions:
Approximately 21" x 8-1/2" x 11/16" depending on body shape. (533.4mm x 215.9mm x 17.46mm)
The forms will produce a guitar with these final body dimensions:
Dreadnought
- Length: 20" (508mm)
- Upper bout width: 11-1/2" (292mm)
- Lower bout width: 15-1/2" (393mm)
- Waist width: 10-3/4" (273mm)
OM
- Length: 19-1/4" (489mm)
- Upper bout width: 11-1/4" (286mm)
- Lower bout width: 15-1/16" (383mm)
- Waist width: 9-3/16" (233mm)
000
- Length: 20-3/8" (517mm)
- Upper bout width: 10-13/16" (276mm)
- Lower bout width: 15" (381mm)
- Waist width: 9-3/16" (233mm)
J-45
- Length: 20-1/8" (511mm)
- Upper bout width: 11-9/16" (294mm)
- Lower bout width: 16-1/16" (409mm)
- Waist width: 10-11/16" (272mm)
Introducing the most versatile bending system in the world
This professional Acoustic Guitar Side Bending System has EVERYTHING you need to start bending sides right out of the box. Not a home-built contraption that's been cobbled together, it's a robust luthier-designed machine. We've spent years refining it so you can spend your time building guitars, not jigs!
See why this is the next generation of side benders
From the complete system to temperature control to heating blankets, we've got you covered for all aspects of side bending.
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