It still uses my 6" wide heating blanket, and the body forms are interchangeable. I drilled a couple 8 mm holes in the base of the bender. Put the body form in place and crank down on the screw press. This aligns the form with the press and holds it in place. I then use the pre-drilled holes in the base to further drill into the body form. Remove the body form from the bender, then glue a couple of 8 mm dowels used as locating pins that will hold the form in place durning the bending process.
I used the same design as my larger bender, just shrank it a bit. Still registering the sides off the butt seam.
The bending slats are some Alloy flashing that I got from Bunnings. 10 meter roll, so I'll have heaps for years to come.
The first set of New Guinea Rosewood went in this afternoon, and 2 1/2 minutes later I had a side bent. No worries at all. They need a little touch up on the bending iron in order to go into the mold without stress, but not a big deal. It's the first time I've bend NGR, and I think that it could take a bit more heat in order to set the shape a bit more. I've got another set read to go, so will try that on them.