Father Haskell wrote:
On Jan 27, 9:09 pm, Bill wrote:
Swingman wrote:
Dave wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:22:16 -0600, Swingman wrote:
I buy 3/8" bender board plywood at our local dealer for $25.95/4x8
sheet. Just that, and the jig, would also make good cauls for laminating
plywood in the same manner.
What's different about bender board ply than regular? Does it just
bend and stay to form after clamping time or do you have to wet it or
something similar first?
It's flexible plywood which can be bent around curves, but it won't hold
that curve unless it attached/glued to a curved surface of some type ...
lots of ways to effect that.
It is my understanding that one requirement of "bendable wood" is that
it's not "kiln-dried" and hasa higher moisture content. Maybe the core
of this plywoodis consistent with that?
Kiln drying cooks the lignin, making subsequent bending by steam or
hot pipe more difficult.

That sounds familar, you wouldn't by chance be from Montana would you?