steam bending plywood
On Wed, 16 May 2018 15:06:58 -0400, John McGaw
wrote:
On 5/16/2018 11:22 AM, Electric Comet wrote:
was looking at some objects made from steam bended ply
just realized that they had to havve bent that when they glued the plys
together
far as i know ply will come undone if you steam it and not magically
adhere when it cools
bending and gluing plys would get messy and require a special built
jig
it is a nice look though
No steam needed if it is done properly with the correct materials. It
_will_ require an accurate jig/form/fixture to achieve the correct
curvature and unless you are up for making both male/female forms you will
need a vacuum bag setup. Other than making sure that the glue used is
low-creep it is a pretty simple process to put together 5mm sheets of
'wiggle wood' in a way that they will stay that way after the glue dries
and it comes out of the bag.
Note that this is not new technology. The Romans made their curved
shields of 3 layers of laminated wood.
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