New materials — found objects, scrap and hard to find supplies. Proud materials freak — always looking for unusual and cool stuff to fabricate with. Inventables has promise. Intrigued about bendable wood for a recent project.
Bendable Wood is a cold-bendable compressed wood that enables the creation of dramatic and unique bentwood parts using thick, solid, quality hardwood lumber.
The maximum radius for bending is in the range of five times the board thickness as long as the wood moisture content remains between 20 to 25%. The desired shape/form becomes fixed and stable upon drying to 6 to 8% moisture content. Available in more than ten of the most common North American hardwoods.
This product should not merely replace steam bent, laminated, or kerfed components, but it should be employed to make your work easier and inspire much more dramatic and challenging bends that could not otherwise be fabricated using solid lumber. The unique properties of this wood enable a new world of ideas, experimentation, creative solutions, fast production environments, and performance. Choose to do it yourself, or let us do it for you. Read more…
After a few visits — hooked.
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Thanks Lee Moody for adding to my addictive materials behavior. Cool resource!
