Bending Thin Hardwood

The thickness of the strips depends to a large extent on the radius of the curve.
Bending thin hardwood. If your trim is thin enough it may bend without using steam. Some tree species such as oak beech and ash bend very well with steam bending. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. For all purposes and intents this technique is also a steam bending but in more manageable and much quicker way.
Free delivery with 45 order. Also see the lamination technique for bending wood. Purebond radius bending plywood project panel model 4162 31 99 31 99. After removing the wood from the hot water bend or carve the wood piece as needed.
This will make the wood much easier to bend after steaming. Boil the wood for one hour for every inch of thickness. It s possible to steam bend wood without soaking it overnight if you aren t able to do so. Keep in mind that air dried lumber.
Place the lumber you want to bend in a container full of water completely submerged and soak it overnight before you steam it. The first step is to buy or make thin stock 1 8 to 3 16 in for the nosing. For example boil a 2 inch thick piece of basswood for two hours. Keep in mind that submerging wood in hot water can result in color change.
It depends on the type of wood you want to use. Hardwood plywood 1 mdf 1 project panels 5 get it fast. As you probably know it is easier to manipulate with the thin and small piece of wood. Rotary peeled hardwood back thin veneer face.
Soak the wood you want to bend in water for at least a day before steaming. Laminated from thin strips cold process no special equipment required strong bending form required lots of strips to cut and keep in order difficult to control final part thickness messy glue up strips want to slip sideways when bent dried glue squeeze out on part must be removed before further processing. The tighter the radius the thinner the strips. Red oak down to 1 8 in.
1 8 1 4 3 8 sizes see table below panel size. 4 x 8 long grain could create a 8 tall cylinder or 8 x 4 cross grain could create a 4 tall cylinder. Nosing will give you the best results. Glue lines often visible cut from solid wood no form or.
12 may be able to flex. Bending wood is one of the latter. Columbia forest products 1 8 in. Others like pines firs and tropical hard woods don t bend well.
Rotary peeled hardwood outer plies. For thin strips of wood submerge the wood in hot water. For the counter shown in the photos below we planed 1 4 in. To cold bend wood first resaw your stock into thin strips and plane it so the thickness is even.