I should mention that the common way of softening split cedar for ribs in
a birch bark canoe is to light a fire under a 55 gal steel drum full of
water and boil the wood in that.

William R. Watt ) writes:
according to someone who posted here you can bend wood after its been
through a cycle in an automatic dishwasher.

I've softened wood for bending for a model by cooking it in a shallow tray of
water in a microwave oven.

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