You ll find a whole new world of possibilities to explore.
Bent lamination woodworking.
If your project won t be exposed to the weather you can use almost any good wood glue.
We decided to make the bent wood ribs of our replica wright gliders by laminating the parts with a water resistant aliphatic resin yellow glue.
Which wood would be the best for bent wood lamination.
Quite a while back i did a series of glue tests on bent laminations.
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It s messy but rewarding to see a gracefully bent piece of wood emerge from a glue encrusted form.
Bent lamination if you are one of those woodworkers who has thought about how nice it would be to use bent lamination in a project but are intimidated by the process think again.
Is your woodworking ready to break free of the box.
Bend wood to make furniture using a bent lamination technique that involves cutting wood into the desired shape ripping wood strips applying glue with a ro.
My entry for the rockler bent wood challenge hosted by rockler and the modern maker podcast.
Bent lamination is a process of bending thin strips of wood using lots of glue and lots of clamps.
I want to run this over the jointer which should is easy enough.
The wood used was hard maple one of the more difficult from both the glue adhesion and bending stiffness.
The process starts with ripping some thin strips of wood and applying glue to each strip.
Because it is achieved through gluing up thin laminates it works with most wood species and the multiple face grain glue joints give a bent laminated curve great strength.
Then put against the original form.
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Bent wood lamination basics 10 tips for making strong graceful curves that add a new dimension to your woodworking.
Bent laminating is an easily acquired skill that will open up new avenues for expressing your woodworking creativity.
You could also use resorcinol epoxy or polyurethane glue for an application like ours.
This project started as a trip to some of the local art museums searching for inspiration.
Bent lamination makes strong curved parts that wouldn t be possible with steam bending or sawing.
Basically the lamination is a half circle.
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