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Skin-on-Frame: Bending fir... *PIC*
By:StephenHJ
Date: 4/27/2011, 5:15 pm

I am building a cabinet from mostly recycled 2x4 scrap picked up at a construction project, and ended up with a scrap about 3/32" thick that I tried bending last night.

If I can get pieces that rip with nice grain, is there any reason I can't make ribs and coaming from fir?

Bend was made by soaking for 3 minutes in hot tap water, then pouring a pot of boiling water over it.

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Skin-on-Frame: Bending fir... *PIC*
StephenHJ -- 4/27/2011, 5:15 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Bending fir...
Paul Montgomery -- 4/27/2011, 9:34 pm
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StephenHJ -- 4/28/2011, 8:17 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/27/2011, 10:29 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/30/2011, 4:27 pm
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Michael -- 4/30/2011, 8:48 pm