Re: Bending Sides
Valerie: What I found in bending wood was -- this will sound like mystical BS--is that you have to let the wood talk to you. Go slow. Feel the feedback the wood is giving you. It will start to feel stressed in your hands well before it cracks ... if you're moving slow. My understanding is that you are NOT supposed to soak the wood, though steaming is OK. Personally, the bending that I've done has been dry, with a spray bottle to spritz water on the part I expected to bend. But did I say SLOW? You have to do it at the material's schedule, not your own.
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