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Bent laminate cyqir.
The laminate layers are sandwiched in between the clamping block and the form.
Any help on this subject would be great.
Below i will demonstrate some basic techniques to achieve the desired result.
Each succeeding chair has more curved parts.
This bent laminated rocking chair was the third in a series of chairs that bonnett has been working on for more than four years.
The finish spec is high density plastic laminate.
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.
What would be the best wood to use on this bending project.
Both are an excellent choice for bent lamination.
The primary tool needed to create bent laminations is a vacuum press.
Titebond 3 tb3 has a longer open time than tb2 and yields a darker glue line when dry.
Laminated chair back.
The second is a single form and a clamping block made of bending plywood and hardwood blocks.
Bent laminations do more than give your project a graceful look.
The laminations can also be created with a male female press but this can be very time consuming and complicated with limited success.
Woodworkers use bent wood laminations for everything from chair rockers to drawer handles.