I saw a lot of similar design in metal and decided to try and make one in wood.
Bent lamination chair.
The challenge was to design a.
Annette koehnen koehnen built this european ash chair 28 in.
Although curves can be intimidating fortune walks you through the entire process of building and using forms to achieve bent laminations that will stand the test of time.
Overall i bent 4 mm thick strips into a 45 cm radius circle.
So while i was bending to a radius 112 times the thickness ikea bends to a radius of just 34 times thickness.
A bent lamination is simply a board sliced into thin flexible plies and glued back together in a form to create the desired shape see photo above.
Bent laminations don t take a lot of specialized equipment.
So the first order of business is to build the form followed by cutting the wood into lamination strips.
Bottom part of the mould is rigid and keeps it s shape while the top part of the mould is more.
Once the glue dries the workpiece will hold it s new shape.
A wide variety of bent lamination chair options are available to you such as home furniture commercial furniture and outdoor furniture.
Fortune shows you step by step how to build a beautiful garden chair with classy curves.
A video of making a bent lamination chair.
I started by making a mould for back rest and and seat.
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On the famous ikea chairs the legs are laminated out of strips of 1 3 mm in thickness and are bent to a radius as low as 45 mm in places.
Make the radius of your form just an eighth inch or so smaller than you want to final part to be.
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A few thick laminations will tend to spring more than many thin pieces.
With glue between each lamination a press is used to bend the bundle of laminations around a form.
With experience you will get the feel for this but keep it in mind as you work with your first bent parts.
In this video workshop michael c.