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Craftsman in the Philippines heat bending rattan for furniture-making. Heat bending is the procedure of bending wood into different curves and shapes using moisture and a bending iron.
Wiggleboard is a special kind of plywood-like wood that is designed to be bent along one of its two axes, also known as "bendable plywood" or "bending plywood".. Unlike regular plywood that has the grains running at right angles to each other in each layer, wiggleboard has all the grains running the same way, and is designed to be easily rolled up or bent along one axis, and stiff along ...
Steam bending in a steam box. Steam bending is a woodworking technique where wood is exposed to steam to make it pliable. Heat and moisture from steam can soften wood fibres enough so they can be bent and stretched, and when cooled down they will hold their new shape.
Flexible plywood is designed for making curved parts, a practice which dates back to the 1850s in furniture making. [ citation needed ] At 3 ⁄ 8 inch (9.5 mm) thick, mahogany three-ply "wiggle board" or "bendy board" come in 4 by 8 feet (1.2 m × 2.4 m) sheets with a very thin cross-grain central ply and two thicker exterior plies, either ...
The jointer plane, also known as the try plane or trying plane, is a type of hand plane used in woodworking to straighten the edges of boards in the process known as jointing, and to flatten the faces of larger boards. [2]
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A plywood or hardboard bench top has the advantages of being stable, relatively inexpensive. The practical drawbacks of a plywood or composite bench top are that they don't hold their corners and edges well, and they can't be resurfaced with a plane—something that is needed from time to time. Maple is the traditional wood.
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