> I don't know how curvey your trying to go but I have used a heat gun with
> much success. It works best if the wood is not kiln dried but it will work
> on the dried stuff too. Just heat while applying a bending force. If you
> over heat the wood it will weaken it's strength (similar to burning it).
> Wetting the wood and heating over several steps can make it go further.

Thank you very much. What a great idea! This will really help.

-mike