Brant wrote:
"Steam quickly heats and moistens the fibers in wood so it may be bent with
out cracking."
You can also use a small amount of ammonia when you steam, or just use very
hot water with the ammonia. The ammonia speeds the fiber softening up. look
at the FPL (forest products Laboratory
Steam quickly heats and moistens the fibers in wood so it may be bent with
out cracking. Heating the resin or sap has nothing to do with the process.
Wood may also be bent by soaking in water for a few days... Native Americans
built their canoes this way. Unfortunately, the excessive water some
Some people make a way to heat the wood that they want to bend. The heat
softens the sap/resin in the wood so there is probably not much if any spring
back if the softened wood is placed into a jig and left for the sap/resin to
reharden or normalize.
I have seen photos of some vertical ovens th
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