How to bend wood with water

Bending wood with water seems like a far stretch. After all, wood is a hard material with lots of fibers, and water is, well, just water!

SP Fabrication & Design on Instagram: "Everyone always ask me: How do I get the wood to bend? Do I kerf, steam or soak it? I do none of the above! 🙅🏻‍♀️ My cheat sheet for bending wood is simply by going to a lovely speciality lumber yard and asking for “bendy wood” or “Wiggle wood” The name may vary depending on your region! But it’s thick enough for tough jobs and Bend’s enough for intricate ones. Occasionally, a little water for a few minutes helps it to really make a tighter…

Wood Bending Trick With Hot Water

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Bending wood can be a difficult task, but not with this handy trick! All you need is some boiling water and a piece of wood that you want to bend. Watch the video below to see how it's done.

One viewer asked how to bend the wood for garden arches. The reality is that most walkway arches are not bent wood, but wood glued together and cut out to the curve. But you can bend wood.If you really want to bend thick pieces of wood, that is usually done by steaming it first. You could take a long piece of PVC pipe, close off one end and fill it with hot water to soak wood and get some bend out of it. Of course different wood bends differently, oak probably being one of the best for…

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Bending Steamed Wood