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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Walnut for steam bent ribs?
By:John
Date: 9/9/2014, 12:59 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Walnut for steam bent ribs? (Jay Babina)

Well, I guess I'll slap together a steam box in the next few weeks after work slows down. I'll report back here.

Walnut is supposed to bend very nicely. It is more brittle than oak though, so I'm not sure if I'll be reducing the frame's springiness.

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Skin-on-Frame: Walnut for steam bent ribs?
John Raley -- 9/9/2014, 10:58 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Walnut for steam bent ribs?
Jay Babina -- 9/9/2014, 11:01 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Walnut for steam bent ribs?
John -- 9/9/2014, 12:59 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Walnut for steam bent ribs?
JohnAbercrombie -- 9/9/2014, 1:35 pm
Steam bent ribs?
Jay Babina -- 9/9/2014, 5:38 pm
Re: Steam bent ribs?
Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2014, 12:46 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Walnut for steam bent ribs? *PIC*
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 9/9/2014, 4:09 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Walnut for steam bent ribs?
Ken Blanton -- 9/9/2014, 5:47 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Walnut for steam bent ribs?
Brian Nystrom -- 9/10/2014, 6:30 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Walnut for steam bent ribs? *PIC*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/10/2014, 6:52 am
+1 for the Heat Gun *NM*
Marc Upchurch -- 9/10/2014, 7:54 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Walnut for steam bent ribs?
Bill Hamm -- 9/14/2014, 12:35 am