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Charlie Sullivan

23/08/2004 9:03 PM

Bending wood with sake

Has anyone here tried applying JVC's breakthrough in making wood-cone
speakers to other wood work? You soak the wood in sake to make it
flexible. Apparently it's not just the alcohol but something else in
sake. A little bit of information on this is at
http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opfeedback.jsp?id=ns243699
but hardly a set of instructions for how to do it yourself. Depending
on the size of the piece it might be much more expensive than steam, but
it sounds like it must work better.

Charlie


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Gerald Ross

in reply to Charlie Sullivan on 23/08/2004 9:03 PM

27/08/2004 9:40 AM

Lee Gordon wrote:
> <<Do you suppose you can drink the saki when you're done?>>
>
> Why not? I believe sake is traditionally served in little wooden boxes
> rather than glasses.
>
> Lee
>
>
I can attest to the fact that Sake will make legs limber, but I don't
have a wooden leg so don't know about wood.

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in reply to Charlie Sullivan on 23/08/2004 9:03 PM

24/08/2004 9:18 PM

Charlie Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Has anyone here tried applying JVC's breakthrough in making wood-cone
> speakers to other wood work? You soak the wood in sake to make it
> flexible. Apparently it's not just the alcohol but something else in
> sake. A little bit of information on this is at
> http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opfeedback.jsp?id=ns243699
> but hardly a set of instructions for how to do it yourself. Depending
> on the size of the piece it might be much more expensive than steam, but
> it sounds like it must work better.
>
> Charlie

Never heard of it, I use Downy water softner in very hot water.
Depending on the species and thickness of wood it may take as little
as ten minutes to make the wood pliable. This is an alternative to
steam bending in some cases.

mike

JP

Jay Pique

in reply to Charlie Sullivan on 23/08/2004 9:03 PM

24/08/2004 5:10 PM

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 03:32:58 -0400, "Lee Gordon"
<[email protected]> wrote:

><<Has anyone here tried applying JVC's breakthrough in making wood-cone
>speakers to other wood work? You soak the wood in sake to make it
>flexible. Apparently it's not just the alcohol but something else in
>sake. >>
>
>Fukui-san.
>Go ahead, Ota.
>The Iron Chef has added some cocobolo to his sake.
>Cocoa powder?
>No, cocobolo.
>Hattori, are those bonito shavings he's putting in now?
>Actually, I believe those are African mahogany chips from the Iron Chef's
>planer.

Heh - that's pretty good. I just love the voice-overs they do for
those guys and gals.

Do you suppose you can drink the saki when you're done?

JP

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Morris Dovey

in reply to Charlie Sullivan on 23/08/2004 9:03 PM

25/08/2004 10:41 AM


ROFLMAO!!!

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LG

"Lee Gordon"

in reply to Charlie Sullivan on 23/08/2004 9:03 PM

24/08/2004 3:32 AM

<<Has anyone here tried applying JVC's breakthrough in making wood-cone
speakers to other wood work? You soak the wood in sake to make it
flexible. Apparently it's not just the alcohol but something else in
sake. >>

Fukui-san.
Go ahead, Ota.
The Iron Chef has added some cocobolo to his sake.
Cocoa powder?
No, cocobolo.
Hattori, are those bonito shavings he's putting in now?
Actually, I believe those are African mahogany chips from the Iron Chef's
planer.

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Old Nick

in reply to Charlie Sullivan on 23/08/2004 9:03 PM

25/08/2004 11:14 PM

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:03:35 -0400, Charlie Sullivan
<[email protected]> vaguely proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:

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I looked at a 12" piece of 4X2 jarrah for an afternoon and drank
several (hah!) glasses of sake. This is the lrearl seclret.

Incidentalrry, I had soaked a squid in the sake for quite a while.

I am allergicogenic to squid.

The squid was incoherent, I am afraid, apparently being allergicogenic
to sakesoaking.

The jarrah TOOK ANY FORM I LIKED..........and could stay there for
several seconds or an eternity!

I ACTUALLY MADE IT SOUND QUITE GOOD AS WELL!

Bloody rotten rice!

>Has anyone here tried applying JVC's breakthrough in making wood-cone
>speakers to other wood work? You soak the wood in sake to make it
>flexible. Apparently it's not just the alcohol but something else in
>sake. A little bit of information on this is at
>http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opfeedback.jsp?id=ns243699
>but hardly a set of instructions for how to do it yourself. Depending
>on the size of the piece it might be much more expensive than steam, but
>it sounds like it must work better.
>
>Charlie

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"Lee Gordon"

in reply to Charlie Sullivan on 23/08/2004 9:03 PM

27/08/2004 2:25 AM

<<Do you suppose you can drink the saki when you're done?>>

Why not? I believe sake is traditionally served in little wooden boxes
rather than glasses.

Lee


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"Jack Casuso"

in reply to Charlie Sullivan on 23/08/2004 9:03 PM

25/08/2004 12:47 PM

Does the Downey make much of a difference or is it for a spring time fresh
scent in your shop? How much Downey to how much water?

"mike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Charlie Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Has anyone here tried applying JVC's breakthrough in making wood-cone
> > speakers to other wood work? You soak the wood in sake to make it
> > flexible. Apparently it's not just the alcohol but something else in
> > sake. A little bit of information on this is at
> > http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opfeedback.jsp?id=ns243699
> > but hardly a set of instructions for how to do it yourself. Depending
> > on the size of the piece it might be much more expensive than steam, but
> > it sounds like it must work better.
> >
> > Charlie
>
> Never heard of it, I use Downy water softner in very hot water.
> Depending on the species and thickness of wood it may take as little
> as ten minutes to make the wood pliable. This is an alternative to
> steam bending in some cases.
>
> mike

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Old Nick

in reply to Charlie Sullivan on 23/08/2004 9:03 PM

26/08/2004 10:07 AM

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:41:46 -0500, Morris Dovey <[email protected]>
vaguely proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

>
>ROFLMAO!!!

Glad I could ligten up a couple of minutes! <G>

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