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Bending wood in steam

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High-Desert:
I’ve used the plastic tube method many times for doing extremely difficult small circle forms that can take awhile to form and clamp down and cool too fast with the normal method of steaming. I just used the vacuum packing bags that come in a giant long tube. I tape the end to my steam tube and close the end up a bit and you can put in in your form and take your time. I do prefer the regular steaming method for recurves and other mild bend as the plastic can be a pain, but it does buy you time.

PatM:
The second BB described heating while already in the form.

 Wood bends by being compressed on the inside of the curve, not stretched on the outside.

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