Bending Wood

by FINE WOODWORKING EDITORS

• ISBN13: 9780918804297
• ISBN10: 0918804299
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1985-04-01
• Publisher: Taunton

Summary

Wood is usually considered a stiff, unyielding material, but over the centuries, woodworkers have found some ingenious ways to bend wood to make what they wanted -- items as diverse as a delicate violin, a flexible pair of skis, and a graceful, comfortable chair.In this collection of 35 articles from Fine Woodworking magazine's classic black-and-white era, craftsmen explain basic wood-bending methods and how they've put them to use in their shops. You'll also learn how you can make the tools and acquire the skills you need for successful bending in your own projects.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Making a Basket from a Tree	p. 2
Splitting Out a Firewood Tote	p. 6
Plans for a Swiss Shaving Horse	p. 8
Making Wooden Buckets	p. 9
Bending with Ammonia	p. 15
Steambending	p. 16
Fixtures for Steambending	p. 22
A Time and Motion Study	p. 25
Oval Boxes	p. 26
Shaker Carrier	p. 28
Kerf-Bent Boxes	p. 30
Hot-Pipe Bending	p. 40
Bending Irons	p. 41
An Adaptable Instrument Form	p. 44
The Shape of a Violin	p. 48
Plywood	p. 52
Michael Thonet	p. 54
Bent Laminations	p. 62
Tapered Lamination	p. 66
Bending Compound Curves	p. 70
The Wood's Own Way of Bending	p. 74
A Platform Fixture	p. 78
Bending with Steel Hands	p. 79
Questions & Answers	p. 81
Cross-Country Skis, the Easy Way	p. 82
Cross-Country Skis, Norwegian Style	p. 84
Bending a Tray	p. 86
Boomerang	p. 89
Throwing the Boomerang	p. 91
Shop-Built Vacuum Press	p. 92
A One-Piece Chair	p. 98
A Glue Press	p. 100
Circular Stairway	p. 101
Lapstrake Boatbuilding	p. 104
Building a Lapstrake Boat	p. 110
Controlling the Boat's Shape	p. 118
Laminated Fishing Net	p. 119
Index	p. 120
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