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Soaking it water overnight also helps a great deal.
Steam bending wood lights. Air dried lumber is much easier to bend than kiln dried. This will make the wood much easier to bend after steaming. Place the lumber you want to bend in a container full of water completely submerged and soak it overnight before you steam it. While the wood is still hot it s clamped into a bending form.
Handmade steam bent lighting and furniture sustainably crafted in cornwall uk by tom raffield. Certain species of wood bend much easier than others as well. When most of us hear the words bending wood we think of steam bending. It s possible to steam bend wood without soaking it overnight if you aren t able to do so.
At least that s the approach chosen by tom raffield lighting designer and woodworker from cornwall england. Through continuous innovation and an appreciation of the materials he uses tom raffield created a covetable collection of furniture lighting and home accessories. With constantly evolving design technology and techniques it s hard to keep up and so sometimes it s best to simply get back to basics. His goal was and still is to work with the traditional eco friendly practice of steam bending.
Kiln dried lumber can be used but needs to steam longer. Inspired by the power and grace of the atlantic ocean the comber lighting range features wooden pendant and wall light designs that bring the motion of cornish tides into your space. I m trying my hand at bending timber for the rocklerbentwoodchallenge turns out steam bending wood is a lot trickier than i had originally thought. Keep in mind that air dried lumber.
The cellulose fibers telescope to conform to the curve and the. Tom discovered the traditional technique of steam bending at university and since developed his own way of using steam to create organic and. Discover our latest collection of steam bent wooden lighting that captures the beauty of organic shoreline shapes. Soak the wood you want to bend in water for at least a day before steaming.
And steam bending creates attractive curved parts. Wood selection is very important for successful steam bending. Keep notes on species thickness bend radius and steaming time and always bend at least one more part than. The wood is heated briefly in low pressure steam to soften the lignin a glue like protein that holds the cellulose fibers together.
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