Bending Wood (without steamer)

[FishFright]

You need one of these

 

[slowmotion]

Last one i made was out of soil pipe . A rag at both ends with a wallpaper stripper / steam maker at the other . worked a treat !

He's got 6" boards. PVC pipes that will take that are not cheap.

 

[Banjo]

Set up something to bend it around then bend it gradually over a few weeks bit at a time keeping the pressure on.using the boiling water and rags as advised allready.

 

[MrPie]

Someone issue an APB for Fnaar.....

 

[screenman]

This, plus a good soaking.

In that case the tantalising is not working very well.

 

[screenman]

Spot the.

 

[slowmotion]

Off-cut from gas or water main?

Possible, but you might have to put on a stripey jersey and a Lone Ranger mask to "acquire" them. 160mm drainage pipe is about £18 for 3 metres. I'm not sure if a six inch board would fit. The next size up is 200mm and that costs about £45 for the same length. For a twelve foot board, you would probably need to buy two lengths and a connector.

Wall paper strippers are a good steam source BTW.

 

[Drago]

Proper tanalisation treats the wood internally as well as externally. Kerf cuts will not compromise the protection.

 

[Tim Hall]

Possible, but you might have to put on a stripey jersey and a Lone Ranger mask to "acquire" them. 160mm drainage pipe is about £18 for 3 metres. I'm not sure if a six inch board would fit. The next size up is 200mm and that costs about £45 for the same length. For a twelve foot board, you would probably need to buy two lengths and a connector.

Wall paper strippers are a good steam source BTW.

A six inch board is theoretically 152mm wide. Back of the envelope trigonometry suggests you can fit a 50mm thick board 152mm wide into a 160mm ID pipe. Is the 160mm ID or OD?

 

[Tim Hall]

That would be one, or perhaps two at one time. @User9609 might need lots.

True. But slomo said "I'm not sure if a six inch board would fit." I think a board would. Or two, each one inch thick.

 

[slowmotion]

A six inch board is theoretically 152mm wide. Back of the envelope trigonometry suggests you can fit a 50mm thick board 152mm wide into a 160mm ID pipe. Is the 160mm ID or OD?

The "160" is the OD. The wall thickness varies with application but it's usually 3mm at the very least. A sawn "six inch board" is usually about 150 mm wide. A planed one, about 144 mm if you are lucky. If it's a sawn 18mm board and the wall thickness is 3 mm, it'll work with 3mm to spare on the diagonal. If the wall thickness is 4mm, it's getting iffy.

 

[MontyVeda]

I managed to steam bend a skirting board using a pan of boiling water and an inverted glass bowl to trap the steam around it. It only needed bending about ten degrees off straight in one place to get around some dodgy plastering. It worked better than i expected.

 

[Cuchilo]

If you do steam bend you only want to do one at a time as the wood is bloody hot when it comes out of the steamer and doesn't stay supple for very long . You have less than 10 minutes .

 

[Globalti]

Make some cuts then soak the area with Cuprinol.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Go and speak to Henderson Fencing in Acomb. He's got some jigs in there for bending timbers for his log stores which he does without soaking or steam.