Charlie Sullivan wrote in message ...
Has anyone here tried applying JVC's breakthrough in making wood-cone
speakers to other wood work? You soak the wood in sake to make it
flexible. Apparently it's not just the alcohol but something else in
sake. A little bit of information on this is at
http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/...sp?id=ns243699
but hardly a set of instructions for how to do it yourself. Depending
on the size of the piece it might be much more expensive than steam, but
it sounds like it must work better.

Charlie

Never heard of it, I use Downy water softner in very hot water.
Depending on the species and thickness of wood it may take as little
as ten minutes to make the wood pliable. This is an alternative to
steam bending in some cases.

mike