sequoia
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Anybody have any suggestions on how to bend laminated wood purfling side on so it doesn't pucker? Wood gonna do what wood gonna do and it doesn't want to do what I want it to do. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Lots of fun! Lots to learn.
I glue them to my bindings prior to bending both them and the binding together.
I scrape away the inside edge as far as i dare .
I like this idea. Yes. But certainly dare devil. Not sure I have the guts to do it.
I bend and glue in the side purfling before the binding. Bending it requires a 2 clamps for your bender set so the purling fits between them. This way 3 sides are supported and it can't buckle. bwb is much easier to bend than wbw if the "w" is maple; if its all fiber, then it's easy either way. Be sure to fit the clamps with only a few thousands of clearance and turn the heat down more than normal. Photo 1 is a bent piece of bwb, and photo 2 shows a gauge I use to set the space between the clamps.
I had had little problem with the fine multi line purfling that LMI sells.