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next i will be demonstrating how to bend wood.this particular type of bend is called a bent lamination where you use multiple layers bentaround a form with glue in between, clamp down, when the glue dries, it retains itsshape. the first step is making your bending form. this particular bending form is madeout of three layers of three quarter inch mdf. first you cut your outside radius orany shape that you want to bend to, then you cut an inside radius small enough to whereyour clamps that you'll be using can reach over your form and over your piece that youwill be bending, clamping it down firmly. the first step after building your bendingform is to now rip your strips. when ripping strips, you need to be aware that your stripscan be pulled down into your table saw through
your throat plate. replace your throat platewith a zero clearance throat plate. now it's time to rip the strips. the first step ofripping strips is to set the gage on the rip fence to the closest one eighth of an inchmark that cuts the least amount of material off your wood as possible. once again, thefirst step is to set the rip fence gage to the closest one eighth of an inch incrementthat cuts the least amount off your wood. now we'll make that pass shaving off the edgeof the board. we will be creating one eighth of an inch strips. the way you do this ismoving the rip fence gage one quarter of an inch each time. what that allows for, it allowsfor the one eighth of an inch thickness of the saw blade plus gives you the one eighthof an inch strip being sawed off the outside,
which is the most safest and efficient way.this process gives you nice, bendable, one eighth of an inch strips that if you followthe method, it will give you each one will be very consistent. repeat this method untilyou have as many strips as you need. the next part of this process is the glue up. you needto make sure that you have all your things right around you because you only have a limitedamount of time to do a glue up like this because of how many glue seams you have. i've gota roller for applying glue to the strips, all my clamps, and my bending form right herewhere i need them. now you need to take your roller, applying glue in the tray, roll glueonto your strips. all you have to do is roll it onto the first one, have your stack infront of you, roll a light amount of glue
onto each strip flipping them onto each otherand continue this process until you've covered each strip with glue and have them evenlystacked. next after the glue up is clamping all of your strips to your form. wheneverpossible, it's best to use a pad. in this case you're using small scraps of mdf to actas a buffer between the clamp and your first strip. the reason for doing this is the amountof pressure that the clamps can create can make marks or dent your wood, and then sometimesif there's any glue on the surfaces, it can react with the steel leaving dark marks onyour wood. first is find the center of the strips, place it on your form and get yourfirst clamp in place. once you've done this, lay down, lay the form down along with theclamp and your strips down flat. repeat this
process until you've reached both ends ofyour strips. bent laminations need to dry for approximately eight hours. once enoughtime has passed, you want to un-clamp your form. if everything went right, you shouldget a nice, consistent curve, the shape of your form.