A couple of years ago I experimented with bending timber and decided to make a floor lamp.
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It turned out OK, but not great. It was also a bit stressfully and finecky to laminate due to the open time of the glue
I made an mdf jig, 5mm strips and from memory I soaked the timber for a short period.
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I have read a number of different techniques but nothing quite what I dreamt up last night.
Tonight I cut a number of 5mm strips of timber and then created the desired bends using bench dogs on my recently created mft table. I put glue on all strips at the same time, pressed them altogether and then bent them against the dogs. It was simple, quick, clean and low stress. I will leave dry overnight and see how things turn out tomorrow.
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While I am hopeful I would be surprised if it works.
I am keen to hear from others on their thoughts of this technique.