erich@muttcrew.net
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We're in the process of making a soprano out of beautiful greenpoplar set that Vic sent us - thanks Vic.
So today I was going to bend the sides. They were a bit wider than we need so I took a 12 mm strip off of each side to practice with, since we've never worked with poplar at all before and.... well you never know. The pieces are 1.75 mm thick.
I wasn't sure what method would work best, whether to
I tried in the order above but wasn't really satisfied with the results. One piece snapped while bending dry and one while bending with a damp cloth on the pipe. When they got wetter from spritzing the grain seemed to want to pull apart, so I didn't go so far as to soak them.
So can anyone recommend a method for hand bending poplar (on a hot pipe) that they got good results with?
So today I was going to bend the sides. They were a bit wider than we need so I took a 12 mm strip off of each side to practice with, since we've never worked with poplar at all before and.... well you never know. The pieces are 1.75 mm thick.
I wasn't sure what method would work best, whether to
- bend them dry
- wipe them with a damp cloth
- lay a soaked cloth on the pipe
- spritz them before and while bending
- (soak them in warm water beforehand)
I tried in the order above but wasn't really satisfied with the results. One piece snapped while bending dry and one while bending with a damp cloth on the pipe. When they got wetter from spritzing the grain seemed to want to pull apart, so I didn't go so far as to soak them.
So can anyone recommend a method for hand bending poplar (on a hot pipe) that they got good results with?
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