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Tension Bentwood Chair by Studio Dohoon

Steam bending wood has come along way since "Michael Thonet":http://www.thonet.de/index.php?option=com_products&did=143&kat=145&lang=en&suchsec=133&task=details made his coffee house staple "_No.14_":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._14_chair chair in 1859 but that's not to say that crafting elegant curves into functional furniture has gotten any easier. Korean designer Dohoon Kim is a success story however with his sound-yet-delicate constructs for chairs and tables using simple arches to…

How to bend wood | How to bend wood, Woodworking projects, Woodworking

One viewer asked how to bend the wood for garden arches. The reality is that most walkway arches are not bent wood, but wood glued together and cut out to the curve. But you can bend wood.If you really want to bend thick pieces of wood, that is usually done by steaming it first. You could take a long piece of PVC pipe, close off one end and fill it with hot water to soak wood and get some bend out of it. Of course different wood bends differently, oak probably being one of the best for…

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