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Pete C
 
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Default Steaming wood
On 9 Jun 2006 12:18:42 -0700, wrote:

Hi,
I need to make some porthole liners for a barge and I was thinking of
steaming some wood strips. Size is approx 1.15m long - it is a 0.381m
diameter porthole - 60mm wide and 6 - 8 mm thick. I was thinking of
using mahogany or similar dark hard wood.

Can I bend steamed mahogany to this radius?? - or any other
suggestions??

Might be possible to soften laminations in a dishwasher (!)

Also 'pre bend' them on a former, so once dried they can be glued with
minimal further bending.

Also... make them over long then cut through both layers with a
slightly extended snap-off knife to get a decent butt joint on each.

cheers,
Pete.
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