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Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
By:Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K
Date: 10/26/2016, 6:40 pm
In Response To: Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :) (JohnAbercrombie)

I've tried this a number of times and never got a dry western red cedar strip to accept a bend.
Messing with a heat gun, trying not to burn my hands (oven mitts??) and then charring the wood...
Obviously I'm missing something, or the strip needs to be moistened or???

It seems to work for everybody else, though!

Cut some short strips. Put one end in a vise. Hold the other end with a spring clamp. Bend or twist the strip, induce force into the wood and apply the heat from the heat gun a couple inches away moving it back and forth slightly until you feel the force release (the force is with you Luke) and move on. Burn some, break some, everything is difficult before it is easy.

I'm using kiln dried WRC and it works. Northern white cedar is very easy to bend. To bend, heat the inside of the curve. To twist, you can heat either surface. Actually I do more twisting of strips, at stems, than bending of strips.

I'll see if I can get a clip on Youtube for you.

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Tools: Staples:Not what they once were....
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/23/2016, 1:13 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 10/23/2016, 6:13 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/23/2016, 6:39 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 10/23/2016, 7:20 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/23/2016, 7:43 pm
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Paul -- 10/24/2016, 9:29 am
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/23/2016, 8:13 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/23/2016, 8:54 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 10/24/2016, 10:45 am
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/26/2016, 4:29 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/26/2016, 4:55 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/26/2016, 6:31 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/27/2016, 2:27 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/27/2016, 2:51 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/28/2016, 8:24 am
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/26/2016, 4:58 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/26/2016, 6:40 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/27/2016, 8:37 am
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/27/2016, 12:20 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/26/2016, 5:00 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/26/2016, 6:48 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/26/2016, 5:04 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/26/2016, 6:38 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/26/2016, 6:52 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:I'll never use them again :)
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/26/2016, 7:38 pm
Re: Tools: Staples:Not what they once were....
Etienne Muller -- 10/24/2016, 4:04 am
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Paul Sylvester -- 10/24/2016, 5:53 am
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Randy -- 10/24/2016, 9:10 am
Re: Tools: Staples:Not what they once were.... *PIC*
Etienne Muller -- 10/24/2016, 2:25 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/24/2016, 11:21 am
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Bill Mayberrt -- 10/24/2016, 1:30 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/24/2016, 1:48 pm
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jaybabina -- 10/24/2016, 6:07 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/24/2016, 7:48 pm
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Jaybabina -- 10/25/2016, 3:14 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/25/2016, 3:35 pm
fire up the email
jaybabina -- 10/27/2016, 8:25 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/25/2016, 3:45 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/25/2016, 1:03 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/25/2016, 2:44 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/25/2016, 3:11 pm
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Sharon -- 10/25/2016, 4:02 pm
Color?
Sam McFadden -- 10/25/2016, 5:15 pm
Re: Color?
Etienne Muller -- 10/25/2016, 5:36 pm
Re: Color?
Bill Hamm -- 10/26/2016, 12:36 am