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Hey Kent, could you respond?
By:mike allen --->
Date: 10/5/2000, 3:46 pm
In Response To: No, but I used a heat gun once (David Dick)

: I did a coaming and coudn't get it in right before it cooled off (from a
: steamer) I took a heat gun (the kind for paint stripping) to it while it
: was still wet.

For me, I found that I had to place the wood (I used a bunch of separate forms) within 1-2 seconds from the steamer 'tube' to make the bends that I wanted. Lots of breakage. (5seconds was too long). Probably achieved abt a 10in radius(approx) w/ some twist. Cedar. Had to go real narrow(1/16in) in some cases.

But the most radical curved steamed cedar (ash looks real bendy) I've seen on this bbs are the flame outlines on Kent's Flame Yak. If you're reading this Kent, could you tell us how you actually made it bend so much??

-mick

Messages In This Thread

Steam bending with an iron?
Ken Sarkozy -- 10/4/2000, 8:42 pm
Re: Steam bending with an iron?
jason -- 10/6/2000, 11:32 am
Re: Steam bending with an iron?
Steve Lein -- 10/6/2000, 12:51 pm
Re: Steam bending with an iron?
Ken Sarkozy -- 10/6/2000, 12:48 pm
No, but I used a heat gun once
David Dick -- 10/5/2000, 7:00 am
Hey Kent, could you respond?
mike allen ---> -- 10/5/2000, 3:46 pm
Re: Hey Kent, could you respond?
Kent LeBoutillier -- 10/6/2000, 6:36 am
Re: Steam bending with an iron?
Ray Port Angeles -- 10/4/2000, 11:18 pm
Re: Steam bending with an iron? *Pic*
Shawn Baker -- 10/4/2000, 9:48 pm
Re: Steam bending with an iron? *Pic*
Mitch Isoe -- 10/4/2000, 9:02 pm
Re: Steam bending with an iron?
Dale Frolander -- 10/4/2000, 9:27 pm