Hi! I really like your video and thought you may be interested in a steam-bending course taking place this summer, in the Lake District, I’ve messaged you with more details. Hope it’s of interest!
@MrLeonard55 Yeah, they're dead quick and easy to use, especially as you usually only have one hand available! We got them from Screwfix, quite a few years ago.
Well, we left it about an hour from memory. The thing is once you get the wood out of the steamer you need to act quickly. So it looses it's plyability fairly quickly. I would guess it is generally until the wood has cooled off. It may relax slightly as ours did a bit, so it might be better to slightly over bend. A quick search on Google brought up a ready list of useful sites covering wood bending. Hope that helps.
thank you very much, I'm gonna try it today, to build the steamer if i use a water boiler is ok? (the wood stick i'll use is not very thick, but i'm wondering how to bind the pvc pipe with the mouth of the boiler...just tape would work?
All you need is a supply of steam. We used a wall paper stripper and a steam clearer to supply the steam. We used a couple of old cast iron drain pipes with rags for lagging and sealing - you don't want it steam tight! PVC pipe might be ok, you'd just have to check that it doesn't met or go a bit limp. I think tape would probably not hold so probably better with rags and jamming the pipe in. Hope that helps and you get your wood bent!
Glad it was of use. We managed to fit the two steam bent bits of wood. Although the last one ended up cracking round a knot! I think it might have been slightly better if we had used the inside curve to get it a bit tighter. But it worked in the end.
Sorry for the slow response. Quite possibly, so that the wood was evenly steamed and not soaked. But it still worked for us. It's worth noting for the future thought. Thanks.
Yep! You have to steam it up first to make it plyable. Best to use fresh wood rather than seasoned wood I believe. Then you have to act fairly swiftly to position it round your former, clamp it and then let it cool and set.
Hi! I really like your video and thought you may be interested in a steam-bending course taking place this summer, in the Lake District, I’ve messaged you with more details. Hope it’s of interest!
ArtforArchitecture 8 months ago
@ArtforArchitecture Glad you liked the video. I'll take a look at the info, thanks.
alanlmsca 8 months ago
Nice clamps.
MrLeonard55 10 months ago
@MrLeonard55 Yeah, they're dead quick and easy to use, especially as you usually only have one hand available! We got them from Screwfix, quite a few years ago.
OurOnlyHome 10 months ago
thank you so much!
i love youtube!
:)
tuturura 2 years ago
Your welcome. Hope the steam bending went well.
alanlmsca 2 years ago
please! can you tell me how long does the wood needs to take shape before releasing the clips?
1 day? a couple of hours?
thank you very much for this video, i'm looking forward for your reply! thanks again
tuturura 2 years ago
Well, we left it about an hour from memory. The thing is once you get the wood out of the steamer you need to act quickly. So it looses it's plyability fairly quickly. I would guess it is generally until the wood has cooled off. It may relax slightly as ours did a bit, so it might be better to slightly over bend. A quick search on Google brought up a ready list of useful sites covering wood bending. Hope that helps.
alanlmsca 2 years ago
thank you very much, I'm gonna try it today, to build the steamer if i use a water boiler is ok? (the wood stick i'll use is not very thick, but i'm wondering how to bind the pvc pipe with the mouth of the boiler...just tape would work?
:S
could you tell me please how did you build yours?
thanks again for your time!
tuturura 2 years ago
All you need is a supply of steam. We used a wall paper stripper and a steam clearer to supply the steam. We used a couple of old cast iron drain pipes with rags for lagging and sealing - you don't want it steam tight! PVC pipe might be ok, you'd just have to check that it doesn't met or go a bit limp. I think tape would probably not hold so probably better with rags and jamming the pipe in. Hope that helps and you get your wood bent!
alanlmsca 2 years ago
Nice video. Glad it all worked out and it gave me a few ideas. Cheers.
EddieSideways 2 years ago
Glad it was of use. We managed to fit the two steam bent bits of wood. Although the last one ended up cracking round a knot! I think it might have been slightly better if we had used the inside curve to get it a bit tighter. But it worked in the end.
alanlmsca 2 years ago
shouldn't you use a rack inside the pipe to steam it evenly
surfaceradio 3 years ago
Sorry for the slow response. Quite possibly, so that the wood was evenly steamed and not soaked. But it still worked for us. It's worth noting for the future thought. Thanks.
alanlmsca 3 years ago
very helpful surfaceradio. i would not have though of that.
it would be more useful if i could find a decent piece of wood. its all junk around here
johnnyboy922 1 year ago
thats for bending a wood?
zunetz 3 years ago
Yep! You have to steam it up first to make it plyable. Best to use fresh wood rather than seasoned wood I believe. Then you have to act fairly swiftly to position it round your former, clamp it and then let it cool and set.
alanlmsca 3 years ago