ash banjo rim

Comment by Brian Glass on February 24, 2012 at 8:56pm

Love the ash. What did you make your shoes from?

Comment by Brian Glass on February 24, 2012 at 8:58pm

I tried to bend up a white oak pot last night while I was boiling some maple syrup on the evaporator. Tried to use it as a steam bender and things went well until about the middle of the bend when the oak snapped. Had a dry spot there it seems. Looks like i might be heading to Rockler Hardware for a new steam generator 8-)

Comment by Ryan Gray on February 25, 2012 at 11:29am

Hello Brian. Ash is hard, it's heavier than oak and took some violent steaming. I made the metal parts from steel, the brackets were made in Terry's old fashioned bracket former gizmo, somewhere aroung 18 gauge I'm guessing.

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