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Re: Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture
By:Fred
Date: 3/5/2009, 3:37 pm
In Response To: Re: Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture (Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K)

The great thing about soaking and steam is I can glue up right away with PU glue and don't need to add water. Don't use the 5 minute stuff.

: Bill,
: I'm not sure any moisture is necessary to bend the thin wood strips we use.

: Most people think of steam bending when wood bending is mentioned.
: I've heard a lot of people talk about soaking wood before trying to bend it,
: not just using steam.

: I believe the heat is what is important and that water, in the form of steam,
: is a good conductor of the heat, so steam is needed in larger wood sections
: to
: transmit the heat for bending.

: I've sent off this question to Dr. Bruce Hoadley, Professor of Wood
: Technology
: at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, the author of the book,
: "Understanding Wood, a Craftsman's Guide to Wood Technology" which
: I highly
: recommend.

: The great thing about using the heat gun to bend is you can glue-up
: immediately
: because the wood stays dry.

: I'll let you know what I hear from Dr. Hoadley.

: Rob

Messages In This Thread

Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture
joel Franklin -- 3/4/2009, 3:13 pm
Re: Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture
Kudzu -- 3/4/2009, 3:59 pm
Re: Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture
Bill Hamm -- 3/5/2009, 12:18 am
Re: Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/5/2009, 9:11 am
Re: Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture
JohnK -- 3/5/2009, 4:50 pm
Re: Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture
Bill Hamm -- 3/5/2009, 5:26 pm
Re: Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture
Fred -- 3/5/2009, 3:37 pm
Re: Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture
Daniel Daniels -- 3/5/2009, 6:37 pm
Re: Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture
fred Gasper------WebKitFormBoundaryN716A2k+1Hk5yF0 -- 3/7/2009, 7:58 am
Re: Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture
Kudzu -- 3/5/2009, 1:46 pm
Re: Tools: bending and filling tip from furniture
Bill Hamm -- 3/5/2009, 1:45 pm