For enthusiasts of early banjo
Hoop in bender
This is the vise/bender that my father had at his blacksmith shop years ago and never used/ Now I have a reason to take it out of the box!
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Albums: My first Minstrel Banjo build!
Location: Danvers Ma in my workshop
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Comment by Bart McNeil on December 12, 2011 at 10:46am
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That is a very interesting bender... much simpler and more comopact than most I've seen.
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It took me a few looks to figure it out but it looks like a standard vise with three holes drilled in it and wheels installed on threaded bolts... and a crank.... Hmmmmm.... Kind of ingenious... May be able to make one of those... Or maybe not.
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Comment by Brian Glass on December 16, 2011 at 7:05pm
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That's exactly what it is. It was designed and sold as a metal bending vise and came with a set of tubing bending rollersr as well. In fact that is what I will use to roll the the flesh hoop this weekend. Hope to have the banjo done and photos of the finished product up by Sunday!
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Btw, it is very sensitive to adjustment. A quarter turn and the hoop shrinks exponentially in diameter.
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