Bend wood to make furniture using a bent lamination technique that involves cutting wood into the desired shape, ripping wood strips, applying glue with a roller and clamping wood pieces into place. Find out how long to let bent wood pieces dry in this free video from an award-winning woodworker on basic carpentry.
Expert: Kent Perdue
Bio: Kent Perdue is a senior in the furniture-making program at VCU, and has received many scholarships and awards for his work. Perdue sells his work at various furniture stores in Richmond, Va.
Filmmaker: nate thompson
Duration : 0:4:12
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what! no springback …
what! no springback at all??
nice work dude I …
nice work dude I am in awe ,what happens if the wood has knots in it
Do you know C …
Do you know C Bellows?
@GreegreePVP Also, …
@GreegreePVP Also, do a YouTube search for ‘steam bending wood’ for another method.
If you needed a …
If you needed a wider bent piece, could you stagger the thin strips so that a second bent piece could mate to the first?
Great video.
@GreegreePVP YOU …
@GreegreePVP YOU JUST BLEW MY MIND
at 1:20 , sad face …
at 1:20 , sad face
you missed hte …
you missed hte hardest part, bending the wood
I was just thinking …
I was just thinking, you know if you don’t have clamps(that many lol) use ther-band gold which is ridiculously strong but only problem with that I suppose would be the glue and the rubber…hmm
@soulvibe2007
For …
@soulvibe2007
For certain aplications a bandsaw, no matter the blade and how finely tuned, can not produce even enough strips. For many cases i’m sure it’s fine, but other than the grain, you can not see a single glue line when done perfectly the way I demonstrated.
@gammanull
It’s …
@gammanull
It’s just one technique, no one claimed it was the only one, or the best. But there are certain situations where steam bending will not acheive the same outcome. There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
@burcindevrim
All …
@burcindevrim
All profesional American saws have riving knives as an option, I personally dont use one. And I use push sticks when required, and used one in the video, it actually has Push Stick written on it. A saw guard would not work for doing this technique. As for European Sofistication and making safer equipment, woodworking tools are simple in nature, and no matter how sofisticated are still dangerous. Just pointing that out.
im gonna need some …
im gonna need some more clamps
I’m sorry, but this …
I’m sorry, but this sounds like a bad way to go about this. Actually bending wood with with steam (rather than making 10 cuts, and using $800 worth of clamps) takes less effort.
hi, thanks for …
hi, thanks for sharing your know how but I really do not understand why you use saw blade without riving knife , saw guard and push stick. may be you guys are confident but here on web this is a kind of responsibility to do the right thing. I know many people without fingers, and some injuries on their faces. not only you but many American carpenter shop does not use these safety equipments, European equipment manufacturers are more sophisticated and they produce safe machines.
1:20 = sad face
1:20 = sad face
@stevenl2011
Try …
@stevenl2011
Try Black walnut
do you really need …
do you really need that many clamps?
try the laser …
try the laser machine tools during the working, why not` check me~
@stevenl2011
if …
@stevenl2011
if you could pay attention… he says 1/8″
is there any good …
is there any good dark colored woods to bend with ???
what thickness is …
what thickness is the strips in mm??? or even give me that thickness in inches in a reply so i can convert them
Wow, this is the …
Wow, this is the only video on youtube, i’ve fell asleep too.
PHILIP BARTLE QC
PHILIP BARTLE QC
and paper
and paper