I'm about to try to make a bent elm "bucket seat" like this:
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.oldwoodies.com/img/cyclecars/redbugspec_co.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.oldwoodies.com/gallery-cyclecars.htm&h=300&w=500&sz=21&hl=en&start=27&tbnid=Rdqm7VZoufoNpM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522red%2Bbug%2522%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
I have the choice of standing timber or air dried unsawn log as the
source of my wood.
Which is best?
How dry does it need to be before I can thickness plane it to 3/8"?
How hard will it be to bend to roughly 9" radius?
Any suggestions???
Thanks.
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On Jan 19, 12:22=A0pm, clare at snyder.on.ca wrote:
> I'm about to try to make a bent elm "bucket seat" like this:http://images.=
google.ca/imgres?imgurl=3Dhttp://www.oldwoodies.com/img/c...
> =A0I have the choice of standing timber or air dried unsawn log as the
> source of my wood.
> Which is best?
> How dry does it need to be before I can thickness plane it to 3/8"?
> How hard will it be to bend to roughly 9" radius?
> Any suggestions???
>
> Thanks.
>
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> Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com
Not trying to be a wise guy here, but that's a lot to ask for a reply
on a newsgroup or forum. People spend years learning steam/pressure
woodbending to get it right.
Luckily for you, just about any search engine will overwhelm you with
page after page of information. For example:
http://tinyurl.com/3dr6w2
or
http://tinyurl.com/356nth
Good luck!
Robert