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28th September 2018, 07:38 PM #1Senior Member
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28th September 2018, 07:45 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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If the grain is straight then probably cut with a bandsaw and then just finished with a scraper or sandpaper. Need a better photo close up of a corner. If the grain follows the curve around then it would be steamed and bent.
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Hi Lee roy,
These corners can be cut on a bandsaw then sanded on a disk sander for the outside curve and a bobbin sander on the inside but you need access to the machinery or you can use spokeshave's inside and out but you also need them and the skill to use them in tight curves. you could also turn them if you have access to a lathe glue up a block of 4 sections and use a paper glue joint and split after turning.
Regards Rod.Rod Gilbert.
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28th September 2018, 08:19 PM #4
I saw this exact project only last week. Let me check the browser history.
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28th September 2018, 08:45 PM #5
The construction looks like laminations, both the straight sections and the rounded corners. The corners would have been bent around a form. All cut to size and then joined, probably with biscuits or a domino.
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28th September 2018, 08:48 PM #6Senior Member
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28th September 2018, 09:02 PM #7
Regards from Perth
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More than likely what Derek said.But can be done steam bending.Use a lot more timber laminating than steam bending though.
cheers.....Roy
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28th September 2018, 10:36 PM #9Senior Member
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Ok thanks for the ideas.
If it’s steam bent (or laminated) why would you cut the corners all individually then join the to the straight lengths? Particularly if steaming, I would have thought having a corner and straight length from one board would help hold the shape of the curve. (I have very limited exposure to steam bending!)
I don’t have the plans but it also looks 3/4-1” thick. Is it possible to bend that thick? (See comment above about steam bending ability!)
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29th September 2018, 10:29 AM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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More than likely the top and bottom pieces have been laminated around a form.Then joined to the sides.Hard to see from the photo.I could be wrong and maybe someone else has other ideas.
As for steam bending it's possible to bend quite thick timber with the right equipment and timber.
cheers.......Roy
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Looks to me that it is just veneer glued over a carcass, which could be made from anything such as plywood, mdf etc.
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30th September 2018, 02:36 PM #12SENIOR MEMBER
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I'd bent laminate it using a series of stacked veneers or get some of that bendy plywood and veneer over it maybe.
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