On Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 2:02:16 PM UTC-6, Electric Comet wrote:
> not something you see every day
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> looks like a professional job although the curve could be a little
> smoother
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> probably not easy to apply that though
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> http://brunerlumber.com/wp-content/gallery/rice-construction/Pecky-Sinker=
-Cypress-Rice-Const-04.jpg
The curve looks pretty smooth, to me. Pecky boards are not smooth, anyway=
. As Iggy notes, maybe it's the lighting and photo angle.
Pecky cypress is not necessarily sinker cypress... from a log that has been=
sunk for a long time. It's really hard to bend pecky cypress, even water=
logged sinker boards. It's just too brittle. Also, the gaps/holes in the=
wood are weak spots.
It would be easier to bend the wood while still wet. Pecky cypress boards =
are simply hard to bend, without it breaking, and usually/often it breaks i=
n several places. =20
The way I was taught to bend pecky and other old cypress is to wrap sheet m=
etal on the convex side, looping and securing the metal around the ends of =
the board. The metal keeps the convex side from stretching (and breaking)=
.... the concave side compresses together. Boards are soaked (or steamed?=
), before bending. Steaming is often a waste of time. Just soaking is s=
ufficient.
As to the pic, they may have attached it to a ply backing, a bent substrate=
, before installation in that application. I suppose, with fast commercia=
l heat-treated gluing/drying, these days, a ply substrate would be an easi=
er process, than what I (or any *DIYer) would do in my (*their) shop. Also=
, as to the pic, the radius doesn't look too great, so maybe they were able=
to gently bend it a little at a time, if the boards are fairly thick. I w=
ould be interested in knowing exactly how they bent the boards.
As to pecky veneer, probably almost impossible, especially for a curved app=
lication. The thinner, the more brittle. With all the weak spots, it ju=
st doesn't stay intact, even for flat applications. The pic (below) is one=
ceiling in my upholstery shop. I made triangle panels, then lifted the pa=
nels into position. The pecky boards are about 1/8"- 1/4" thick and attac=
hed to 1/4" ply, before installation. Many of the boards broke/split duri=
ng handling, during the whole process. The seams are covered with 3/4" st=
ock.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/43836144@N04/4035185465/in/photostream
Sonny
replying to Electric Comet, Iggy wrote:
I'd agree. Hopefully, it's just a bad lighting and angle situation that's not
real-life noticeable. But, it looks like they should've rather planned better
and overshot the bend. Splitting the bend is asking for the seam to open.
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On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 12:02:11 -0800, Electric Comet
<[email protected]> wrote:
>not something you see every day
>
>looks like a professional job although the curve could be a little
>smoother
>
>
>probably not easy to apply that though
>
>
>http://brunerlumber.com/wp-content/gallery/rice-construction/Pecky-Sinker-Cypress-Rice-Const-04.jpg
>
That is nice but:
Trimmed the URL http://brunerlumber.com/ and look at the other woods
they have.