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how do you bend wood into the boat shape?
Old Nick wrote: On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 14:58:04 GMT, Brian Nystrom vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!: I have only done it once, to bend a piece of wood. But I understood that if you met your sort of trouble, you soaked/steamed, then placed the wood either in situ, but not installed, or on a former. Getting the wood close to its final shape is enough. You then at worst need a bit of force to finish it off. Absolutely. However, If I steam bend the parts in question (kayak ribs) without soaking, they fit without any trimming and the fit is maintained when they dry. When I've soaked wood, all it did was make is swell so it no longer fit where it was supposed to, such as in a mortise. Either that, or if it was trimmed to fit after steaming, it shrank as it dried and became loose. Soaking didn't seem to make any difference in the bend-ability of the wood. |
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