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Re: K.I.S.S.
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 7/8/1998, 12:53 am
In Response To: Re: K.I.S.S. (Don Beale)

Option C won't have the grain follow the lines. No biggie. I've been interested in trying steam bending, so I'd go with making a steamer from a teapot, small automotive heater hose, and a piece of 2" PVC pipe. A coleman camping stove as a heat source, and you're good to go...

> C: Why bend the wood at all? With a bandsaw you can resaw a nominal
> 1x8 plank into 2 pieces of wood that are 1/4 inch thick and 7.5 inches
> wide

> Option D: Find a gentler curve pattern that I Like. As it is
> my first attempt at stripping a pattern, I want something simple that
> still looks nice. I have some old doug fir for one wood, and am thinking
> redwood to contrast it.

> I'm not thinking fancy shapes, but this does look interesting...
>

Messages In This Thread

Pattern Strips
Don Beale -- 7/6/1998, 6:15 pm
Re: Pattern Strips
paul lund -- 7/8/1998, 8:01 pm
Re: Pattern Strips
Mark Kanzler -- 7/12/1998, 11:42 am
Re: More Steam
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 4:23 pm
Re: Pattern Strips
Rick VanBuren -- 7/9/1998, 5:45 pm
Re: Pattern Strips
Paul Lund -- 7/10/1998, 9:16 pm
Re: Pattern Strips
Paul Lund -- 7/10/1998, 9:01 pm
Pattern Strip options
Paul Jacobson -- 7/6/1998, 7:37 pm
Re: Pattern Strip options
Chuck Newland -- 7/7/1998, 11:26 am
Re: Pattern Strip options
Paul Jacobson -- 7/11/1998, 12:32 pm
Re: Pattern Strip options
Chuck Newland -- 7/11/1998, 8:05 pm
Re: Pattern Strip Gaudiness
Mark Kanzler -- 7/13/1998, 3:11 pm
Re: Pattern Strip Gaudiness
Chuck Newland -- 7/13/1998, 7:33 pm
Re: Pattern Strip Gaudiness
Mark Kanzler -- 7/14/1998, 10:41 am
Re: Pattern Strip options (K.I.S.S.)
Don Beale -- 7/9/1998, 12:40 pm
Re: Pattern Strip options (K.I.S.S.)
Mark Kanzler -- 7/10/1998, 1:07 pm
Re: Pattern Strip options (K.I.S.S.)
NPenney -- 7/10/1998, 3:03 pm
Re: Photo scanning.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/10/1998, 4:12 pm
Re: K.I.S.S.
Don Beale -- 7/6/1998, 11:42 pm
Re: K.I.S.S.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/8/1998, 12:53 am
Re: Steam Bending
Mark Kanzler -- 7/7/1998, 6:48 pm
Re: Steam Bending step 2
Mark Kanzler -- 7/8/1998, 11:37 am
Re: Steam Bending step 3
Mark Kanzler -- 7/8/1998, 4:12 pm
Re: Steam Bending step 4
Mark Kanzler -- 7/8/1998, 4:16 pm
Re: Steam Bending step 2
jim champoux -- 7/8/1998, 2:58 pm
Re: Steam Bending Pics
Mark Kanzler -- 7/8/1998, 4:02 pm
Re: Steam Bending Pics
jim champoux -- 7/9/1998, 10:34 am
Re: Steam Bending Pics
Mark Kanzler -- 7/10/1998, 1:02 pm
Re: found the URL
jim champoux -- 7/10/1998, 2:21 pm
Re: One of the pictures is missing
Mark Kanzler -- 7/10/1998, 4:36 pm
Re: URL for Nick's Links Page
Mark Kanzler -- 7/10/1998, 4:18 pm
Re: Steam Bending
jim champoux -- 7/8/1998, 9:16 am