I do not believe you will get that tight a radius even with major
steaming. A more radical (and dangerous) way that would work at even
tighter radiuses is to soak the wood in anhydrous ammonia. You can do
some pretty amazing stuff with ammonia bending but I would not recommend
it. :-)

Much safer and easier to use 3 pieces of 3 mm and laminate them together
after bending.

Kevin wrote:

Does anyone know if it is possible to steam bend 9mm bs1088 Okoume to
an 8 inch radius?

Thanks!

Kevin

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