Pre-bending Aircraft Wing Rib Capstrips with a "Universal Side Bender"

[@AZVIDS]

Very nice setup. I built my Dakota Hawk wings in Arizona (dry) and soaked the capstrips in PVC pipes filled with hot water b/c of the cracking when forming in jigs when “dry”. Lots of ways to “skin a cat”. Learned a lot from your fuel tubing videos!

[@1donagin]

Thanks. I've bent a lot of musical instrument sides after boiling in hot water. This way is so much more consistent...

[@rubensazeredo7307]

dude you help out so much with the kids in Aviation high school

[@1donagin]

Thanks. It's a calling.

[@FPVav8tr]

Would you mind replying with a link to those parts ? The heater and press. Thanks

[@1donagin]

Thanks for the question. For the heating blanket, it is best to go to Ebay and type in "ukulele heating blanket." Best video I have seen on the actual machine is kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ6VYauJnLxgqtE . You can buy plans and books about the machine, but you really just need to watch several youtube videos about using them, and then build one that works for you. All it does is press the parts down.

[@marc-bernardlevesque5016]

The guys at Plane Savers could have used one of these for their Fokker Dr.1 replica.