The Rimset


The sides are picked, sanded to around  0.080” and profiled.  They are then bent in a Fox type bender with heating blankets and spring steel slats.  They are allowed to cool for 6-12 hrs, removed and placed in a mold to maintain stability and shape.  I am using an adjustable Fox style mold system and it works very well for me.

     Fox  Type Side bending machine with dual heating blankets

Fox type adjustable mold with spreaders to stabilize rimset

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Gluing up the head and tail blocks which have been made from mahogany stock and shaped to fit the radius of the rimset

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