Woodworker's Guide to Bending Wood

Learning to bend wood can take a woodworker in a whole new direction. Canoes, guitars, whimsical furniture and many other projects are within reach with an understanding of this age-old technique. Now, with the help of professional furniture maker, Jonathan Benson, woodworkers can learn the four basic wood bending methods: bending green wood, using heat or steam, bending panels and bending laminations. Seven step-by-step projects clearly illustrate how each technique is achieved and are presented with an eye for budget and practicality, making this book ideal for woodworkers of all skill levels.

ISBN 1565233603   Pages 192 ISBN13 9781565233607 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Fox Chapel Publishing   Weight (grammes) 757 Imprint Fox Chapel Publishing   Published in East Petersberg Format Paperback   Height (mm) 280 Publication date 01 Feb 2008   Width (mm) 216 DEWEY 684.08   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General, Professional / Scholarly

  "I’m sure we’ve all looked at the gentle curve of a chair leg or the severe bends of a violin’s sides and wondered how it was done. This book by Jonathan Benson takes the mystery out of wood bending and reveals to the woodworker how it was accomplished." "This isn’t a book on furniture making or a collection of projects utilizing formed or bent wood elements. Rather, it focuses primarily on the mechanics of bending wood. Whether it be for the curved leg of a table, the side of a guitar or violin, the spring of a bow, the oval of a Shaker box and more, this book probably describes how it was done." "Strictly speaking, it isn’t a project book because, although Benson does include plans for things like a Shaker box and a willow wood chair, other projects focus only on the bent elements of larger items like the sides of a guitar or the legs of a chair. The real strength of this volume lies in its excellent overview of the whole topic of bending and

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