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网页2010年10月24日 · Building wooden boats involves lots of steam bending. The common woods we used were Oak for ribs ( I've bent up to 2 1/2" x 3 1/4" stock) and Yellow Cedar, Red Cedar and Doug Fir for planking. Gumwood will steam bend if you've got enough clamps and a come-along. I know of other woods that bend well but these are the ones I …
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网页2017年12月15日 · Thanks. I will give the chamfer a try. The piece I am bending is just slightly over 1/8" thick beech and 1' X 60" but is kiln dried (nearly impossible to fine air dried wood in DFW area) and I am making a pretty severe bend so anything I can do to prevent a failure may help. The first try with flat grain split.
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网页2014年7月13日 · I'm working on my first steam bending project. Actually my first bending of any kind. I am attempting to make a curve with a 13" inside diameter out of three 1/4" thick pieces of cherry. My first attempt was with kiln dried wood. After learning that was a no-go I tried again with air dried wood.
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网页2018年12月10日 · Only steam the amount of you can bend right out of the steamer. You only have a few seconds to bend the steamed wood. The rules is to steam 20 minutes for every 1" of thickness. Take out the pieces one at a time and bend that piece before taking out the next piece. Steam bending is a little tricky. Also have steamer and your jig close …
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网页2024年5月20日 · To answer question #2, an extra 6" on each end should suffice. Even if you aren't bending all the way to the ends, leaving extra wood is necessary because the process of steaming and drying tends to cause severe checking on the ends. An exception would be for parts that can be left sticking out of the steam box so the ends don't get steamed.
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网页2019年7月13日 · You need a bending strap, to wrap around the outside of the bend. Steel banding from the lumber yard's dumpster works very well. You clamp one end with the bending strap in the vise, then the other ed with a C clamp. As you heat the wood, it will start to soften, and you will be able to feel it give as you apply pressure.
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网页2013年2月28日 · I recently built one myself. Works great. By the time the temp controller gets over 300 degrees or so, the wet wood is so pliable that it bends without resistance to the right shape. Once in place, you let the wood dry for maybe 15 minutes longer under heat and then keep it clamped up over night. By that time, there is no springback in the wood.
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网页2016年2月9日 · 1) The steamer worked so well for wood bending, I plan on giving the original box to a friend and building a new on using metal flashing for the interior, rather than the more fragile foil. Alternatively, a box could be built big enough to hold a six or eight inch stove pipe. Using flashing limits how much steam hits the wood of the box.
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网页2013年11月21日 · It should be steam bent for appearance and strength. Not sure about mahogany but I know people do bend it. Best to worst according to the US Forest Service Hackberry (Best) White Oak Red oak Chestnut oak Magnolia Pecan Black walnut Hickory Beech Elm Willow Birch Ash Sweetgum Soft maple Yellow-poplar Hard maple (Worst)