On Jul 12, 12:18*am, Robatoy wrote:
On Jul 9, 10:16*am, RicodJour wrote:





On Jul 9, 8:52*am, Jack Stein wrote:

RicodJour wrote:
On Jul 8, 1:48 pm, Phil Brown wrote:
I need to bend some 3/16" oak and I know enough to know I shouldn't
overcook it. Can some one give me a guideline on how long to leave it
in?
Totally dependent on your heating setup and the ambient temperature..
Rough guess, 15 minutes is all you'll need if the chamber is
reasonably tight and you're putting a goodly amount of steam into the
chamber.

When you say a "reasonably tight" chamber it should be noted the chamber
really needs to be reasonably loose, so steam can readily flow. *A
reasonably tight chamber will result in too little heating and too much
kindling, at least by my definition of "reasonably tight":-)

Well, if the chamber isn't doing it's job, then it's being
unreasonable.

Yes, some steam has to escape.

R

Soaking a small diameter piece like that in Downy (Use a capped PVC
tube) works very well. Reusable too. No heat.

Forgot to mention to dilute with distilled water. Some wood will
discolour.