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Re: Heat gun
By:Ancient Kayaker
Date: 1/6/2014, 1:10 am
In Response To: Re: Heat gun (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

. . . If you want sharp bends, using straight grained, quarter sawn woods which bend well naturally, like ash, white oak, walnut and northern white cedar will give the highest success . . .

- I have a quantity of "withies" (not sure of spelling) that I was given, and I was told they're something to do with basket making. They're 1 x 1/16" and incredibly flexible. If I ever have to make laminates around seriously small radii that's what I'll try. The grain is the straightest and most uniform I've ever seen; I wonder what wood it is - looks like ash - also if it has had any kind of treatment.

I did a boat with laminated ribs once, 3 lams of 3/16" pine on a 6.5" radius. With a quick water dip followed by 1/2 hour rest it made the bend easily although probably kiln-dried. Virtually zero springback, I got very close dimensional control, less than 0.1" variation over 20 ribs. WRC wouldn't come close even in 1/8" thickness soaked overnight. I suspect different woods respond differently to kiln heat. BTW I used Titebond III for laminating as it tolerates moisture.

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Tools: steamers
Joe Wuts -- 1/2/2014, 7:03 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 1/2/2014, 11:05 pm
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Mike Hanks -- 1/3/2014, 9:58 am
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Joe Wuts -- 1/5/2014, 9:17 pm
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Mike Hanks -- 1/5/2014, 10:16 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/3/2014, 10:46 am
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ancient kayaker -- 1/3/2014, 12:03 pm
Heat gun
Jeff Horton -- 1/4/2014, 9:18 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2014, 10:02 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/4/2014, 11:39 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2014, 4:48 pm
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Jim Farrelly -- 1/4/2014, 5:09 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/4/2014, 5:12 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2014, 6:20 pm
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Bob Ten Eyck -- 1/4/2014, 8:30 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/4/2014, 8:48 pm
Backing Strap
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/6/2014, 9:53 am
Air vrs Kiln Dried
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 1/4/2014, 7:20 pm
Here's the direct URL for the booklet
Brian Nystrom -- 1/6/2014, 7:33 am
Re: Heat gun
Ancient Kayaker -- 1/6/2014, 1:10 am
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ddaniels -- 1/6/2014, 8:18 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/6/2014, 9:37 am
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ddaniels -- 1/6/2014, 11:02 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/7/2014, 12:53 am
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ddaniels -- 1/7/2014, 5:40 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/8/2014, 2:23 pm
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ddaniels -- 1/9/2014, 5:00 pm