Thick boards don t bend well but thin ones do.
Bent lamination furniture.
So we simply cut a board into thin strips so that when bundled together the strips can flex to the desired shape.
The first step is to draw a full scale template of your curve and then build a form.
I have found that even the hardest woods are capable of being made into fluid curves with this technique.
Since bent lamination is used only for narrow parts such as drawer fronts table legs and aprons and chair parts the form can be fairly narrow.
These window frames are bent laminations.
Just a saw some wood some glue and a few time tested techniques.
You draw out the design onto one board then cut and smooth that board.
You could take a long piece of pvc pipe close off one end and fill it with hot water to soak wood and get some bend out of it.
The curved doors on the end of the peninsula are laminated.
Make the radius of your form just an eighth inch or so smaller than you want to final part to be.
Cut it out template route rinse and repeat.
With glue between each lamination a press is used to bend the bundle of laminations around a form.
Mdf is the material of choice for making forms because its edges can easily be shaped into smooth curves with a bandsaw and files or spokeshaves.
Inner and outer stems on one mould just separate with a layer of tape.
Of course different wood bends differently oak probably being one of the best for.
Colored strips of maple are steamed and glued together to form the shape.
The process of bent lamination consists of slicing wood into thin strips coating it with glue and clamping it to a form until the glue dries.
A bent lamination table lamp made to order from the industrial waste of skateboard manufacturing.
Then that board is used to trace the design onto more stacks of plywood.
With experience you will get the feel for this but keep it in mind as you work with your first bent parts.
Often times curved laminations are needed to produce a certain trim or accent piece or even a structural component of the furniture we are building.
The concept is actually pretty simple.
Learn how to make wood magically bend to your will.
Actually there s no magic required.
18 tall 12 long 5 wide.
Each succeeding chair has more curved parts.
Bent lamination forms are usually made the same way.
A few thick laminations will tend to spring more than many thin pieces.