On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 14:07:26 -0600, samson wrote:

In article , jstevens77
says...
Green ash, steamed for 1/2-1hr. Be quick when taking it from your steam box
to bend it around the "U" form. Clamp. Make the "u" form a bit smaller than
you want for the finished item as you will get some spring back. Cheers, JG


clare at snyder.on.ca wrote in message
...
Anyone with any experience bending solid(not ply) 3/8" wood to roughly
9" radius? Peice is 12-15" wide and 4 feet long.
What's best? Elm? Green or air dried? Soaked, steamed or heated?
Bend around a solid buck? This is to be basically unsupported in
use(will have a base, but nothing else.
Think "bucket seat" "U" shaped back fastened to chair seat - the long
ends of the "U" being the armrest.

Agreed. Stay away from the gimmicky solutions (fabric
softener, eg), and make a good steam box.

S.
How about an autoclave at 170 degrees. Would that work? A friend has
one for vulcanizing neoprene.

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