"Reteplav" wrote
| I`m attempting to make a 6` wide fence panel with an
| arch-shaped" top and am looking for suggestions to bend
| the wood for the top. I`ve tried cutting, assembling
| and gluing ( plus screws ) 5mm strips of wood with
| minimal success ( The ends refuse to remain bent)

You take one long piece of wood and, as well as steaming as described by
others, you saw-cut on the inside (concave) of the curve almost but not
quite all the way through.


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| | | | | | | |
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-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- BEND
DOWN
| |
V ^^ concave side ^^ V


You then need to support it while it 'sets' Best to bend it a little too far
and then relax it out to fit.

Owain