I've been working on bending the sides. I'm not a happy camper. This Stew Mac bending iron takes forever to heat up. Over an hour to get above 200 degrees!

The first piece was too thick. That's on me. The second piece I brought down to .085". I managed to get the waist bent in about 20 minutes. Then I moved to the lower bout. Fifteen minutes of trying to get it to bend and nothing! So I checked the temp of the iron and it was between 120-130 degrees. 30 minutes ago I walked away to let the iron heat back up. I just checked it and it's at 165. This is nuts! Maybe I need the 480V version.

I just emailed Watlow for a price on their heating blankets...