Roger Tulk
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I have been looking up some info on steaming. Apparently, steaming does not work well with kiln dried wood, or wood that has been dry for a long time. The wood I have is either one or the other. The bend I have to make is very small, about 4" over 4'.(The bow of my canoe.) I successfully bent a piece of ¼ x 1¼ ash to this bend without steaming, and the piece I will be bending is 5/16" thick, not a big difference. Do you think there is much of a risk of cracking the ash if I don't steam it? I would like to apply varnish to the inside of the ash before I fasten it in place, and I don't know how this would react with steaming.
I'm a bit nervous about the whole thing.
I'm a bit nervous about the whole thing.