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Title: what is your favorite way to bend white wood
Post by: burnt on January 31, 2008, 11:26:00 AM
Hi, I have a hackberry stave I'm roughing out and would like to know what technique for bending white wood has worked for you best.  May need to straighten my stave a little.  Have had some success w/ bending greased hickory over an open flame.  I don't know if hackberry will bend as easily w/ open flame.

Burnt
Title: Re: what is your favorite way to bend white wood
Post by: Tom Leemans on January 31, 2008, 11:59:00 AM
Heat gun and caul
Title: Re: what is your favorite way to bend white wood
Post by: T Folts on January 31, 2008, 12:06:00 PM
Heat gun, make sure you oil the wood with vegetable oil real good first or it will scortch the wood.