Dick Snyder wrote:
I visited Boulter today to buy bending birch as they are near the daughter
for whom I am making the book case. I note that the bend puts the finish
side on the inside of the curve. I need to have a finish side on both sides
of the curved top of the bookcase. Can I bend the bending birch the other
way without it cracking? I can of course just try it out but I'd like to get
some advance knowledge before I waste some material.

TIA.

Dick Snyder
"Pat Barber" wrote in message
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Another way to do this is to buy the flexible mdf
and cover that with birch veneer.

That, of course will require a veneering vacum
bag and pump.....

Nope.


I would stick with the flexible birch from Boulter.



Or again you could take Mr Miller's suggestion
and use Birch veneer. If you look around you can
find it backed with hot-melt glue. Otherwise you
can use hide-glue just like they did before vaccuum
methods were developed.

Possibly you could use shellac as a hot-melt glue
too. I've been meaning to try that.

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FF