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  • Next I will be demonstrating how to bend wood. This particular type of bend is called a bent

  • lamination where you use multiple layers bent around a form with glue in between, clamp

  • down, when the glue dries, it retains its shape. The first step is making your bending

  • form. This particular bending form is made out of three layers of three quarter inch

  • MDF. First you cut your outside radius or any shape that you want to bend to, then you

  • cut an inside radius small enough to where your clamps that you'll be using can reach

  • over your form and over your piece that you will be bending, clamping it down firmly.

  • The first step after building your bending form is to now rip your strips. When ripping

  • strips, you need to be aware that your strips can be pulled down into your table saw through

  • your throat plate. Replace your throat plate with a zero clearance throat plate. Now it's

  • time to rip the strips. The first step of ripping strips is to set the gage on the rip

  • fence to the closest one eighth of an inch mark that cuts the least amount of material

  • off your wood as possible. Once again, the first step is to set the rip fence gage to

  • the closest one eighth of an inch increment that cuts the least amount off your wood.

  • Now we'll make that pass shaving off the edge of the board. We will be creating one eighth

  • of an inch strips. The way you do this is moving the rip fence gage one quarter of an

  • inch each time. What that allows for, it allows for the one eighth of an inch thickness of

  • the saw blade plus gives you the one eighth of an inch strip being sawed off the outside,

  • which is the most safest and efficient way. This process gives you nice, bendable, one

  • eighth of an inch strips that if you follow the method, it will give you each one will

  • be very consistent. Repeat this method until you have as many strips as you need. The next

  • part of this process is the glue up. You need to make sure that you have all your things

  • right around you because you only have a limited amount of time to do a glue up like this because

  • of how many glue seams you have. I've got a roller for applying glue to the strips,

  • all my clamps, and my bending form right here where I need them. Now you need to take your

  • roller, applying glue in the tray, roll glue onto your strips. All you have to do is roll

  • it onto the first one, have your stack in front of you, roll a light amount of glue

  • onto each strip flipping them onto each other and continue this process until you've covered

  • each strip with glue and have them evenly stacked. Next after the glue up is clamping

  • all of your strips to your form. Whenever possible, it's best to use a pad. In this

  • case you're using small scraps of MDF to act as a buffer between the clamp and your first

  • strip. The reason for doing this is the amount of pressure that the clamps can create can

  • make marks or dent your wood, and then sometimes if there's any glue on the surfaces, it can

  • react with the steel leaving dark marks on your wood. First is find the center of the

  • strips, place it on your form and get your first clamp in place. Once you've done this,

  • lay down, lay the form down along with the clamp and your strips down flat. Repeat this

  • process until you've reached both ends of your strips. Bent laminations need to dry

  • for approximately eight hours. Once enough time has passed, you want to un-clamp your

  • form. If everything went right, you should get a nice, consistent curve, the shape of

  • your form.

Next I will be demonstrating how to bend wood. This particular type of bend is called a bent

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