Bent Lamination Marks

Learn how to make wood magically bend to your will.

Bent lamination marks.

This bent laminated rocking chair was the third in a series of chairs that bonnett has been working on for more than four years. Most timbers can be used in bending but some are more bendable than others like examples. The cauls lift the clamping pressure away from the boards enough to get a good even squeeze. 1 layer of 1 4 ply with hardwood blocks.

The bent lamination sandwich is in this order. Each succeeding chair has more curved parts. Close posted by 10 minutes ago. The concept is actually pretty simple.

I would like to bleach the ash after but am worried that the glue lines. I have found that even the hardest woods are capable of being made into fluid curves with this technique. Bent lamination for a round weaving frame in 2007 a friend asked me if i could build her a hoop for weaving rag rugs. Timber suitable for bending timber should be free from knots splits and shakes.

Log in sign up. The curved plywood form. She d been taking a class on this and they were using bicycle hoops to weave round rugs in. Thick boards don t bend well but thin ones do.

1 layer of plexiglass so glue won t stick 3 layers of hardboard masonite. But this very much limited the size of the rugs and she asked me if i could build a bigger one. Try bending two thin strips together and see how their surfaces slide one along the other. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.

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. Bent lamination is based on the principle that if several strips are glued together face to face against a rigid form they retain the shape of the form. User account menu bleaching bent lamination. Bandsawing curved laminations bending form chair template chemical patination constructing frames and panels coopered hall table coopering creating patina finish cutting compound miters cutting dovetail joinery cutting dovetail pins and tails on bandsaw dining chair double bevel marquetry ebony rimmed bowl fixtures gilding hall table hand tools.

Actually there s no magic required. So we simply cut a board into thin strips so that when bundled together the strips can flex to the desired shape. With glue between each lamination a press is used to bend the bundle of laminations around a form. Ash oak sycamore and beech.

The 5 pallet ply s with glue. I am starting a project soon that will mostly be made out of bent laminated ash.