Bent wood lamination basics cut on the straight grained edge.
Wood lamination bending.
Once the glue dries the workpiece will hold it s new shape.
Cut the plies through a straight grained edge rather than the face grain side.
In this edition we look at forming wood parts using thin laminates.
So the first order of business is to build the form followed by cutting the wood into lamination strips.
With glue between each lamination a press is used to bend the bundle of laminations around a form.
Using a table saw cut parallel slots along a piece of wood.
We started this wood bending series exploring simple and kerf bending.
The chart shows approximate maximum ply thicknesses.
Perhaps the most common method water bending has been used for many years.
Bending wood a mystery to some is not really that difficult.
There are many ways to construct a form and apply pressure.
Lamination is the process of bending many thin parts together and holding them in the desired shape until the glue between them dries.
Lamination is different than veneering.
Steaming wood to the required curve 3.
Gluing thin veneers strips of thin wood together to form the curve.
Commercially made laminate layers are not widely available.
Clean up saw marks.
As we all know the thinner the part the easier it will conform to a curve.
Cutting from a solid piece of wood.
Hard or stiff wood such as maple may.
Bent lamination just introduces the element of curving the laminate.
Here i demonstrate using construction grade materials.
Nosing will give you the best results.
Cutting the curve from a solid piece of timber 2.
The first step is to buy or make thin stock 1 8 to 3 16 in for the nosing.
In veneering the layers are oriented in an alternating fashion while in laminating the layers are oriented in the same direction.
There are several ways to tackle this tough chore but bending wood and laminating several thin strips to create 3 4 in.
Use the right ply thickness.
I m making some curved trim for an arch.
Red oak down to 1 8 in.