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Re: S&G: Woodbending
By:Jon Murray
Date: 4/29/2002, 5:13 pm
In Response To: S&G: Woodbending (Taylor Warren)

Try again with no pre-soak and only 15 minutes in as thick a steam as you can get. This worked for me with 1/4 square red oak. Steaming longer than an hour per inch of thickness can actually make wood harder to bend.

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S&G: Woodbending
Taylor Warren -- 4/29/2002, 10:34 am
Re: S&G: Woodbending
Taylor Warren -- 4/30/2002, 5:35 pm
Re: S&G: Woodbending *Pic*
Rod Tait -- 4/29/2002, 6:39 pm
Re: S&G: Woodbending
Jon Murray -- 4/29/2002, 5:13 pm
Re: S&G: Woodbending
Rob Macks -- 4/29/2002, 2:20 pm
Re: S&G: Woodbending *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 4/29/2002, 1:10 pm
Re: S&G: Woodbending
Patsy -- 4/29/2002, 1:38 pm
Re: S&G: Woodbending
Chip Sandresky -- 4/29/2002, 2:27 pm