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IF it is wood, it could be bentwood, meaning narrow pieces glued together.
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That looks like a scam. Some sort of imitation of genuine plastic.
If you build a simple low-pressure steam boiler, for example from an old pressure tank or preferably from a wood-fired laundry kettle, and connect it with a coarse iron pipe to a long, narrow wooden box made of tongue-and-groove wood with a hatch at the end, you can steam-cook wood and make it relatively flexible. This process is called "bending" the wood, and the wooden box is called a "bending trough."
You bend the wood for one hour per inch of wood thickness, and then you have a few minutes to bend it and secure it with clamps before it cools. In this way, shipbuilders used to bend and shape planks up to 8 inches thick when building wooden ships in the old days. It's possible to bend such thick planks on the flat, but bending on the edge as in your picture is more difficult. One is more or less forced to laminate from narrow strips that are glued together.
If you build a simple low-pressure steam boiler, for example from an old pressure tank or preferably from a wood-fired laundry kettle, and connect it with a coarse iron pipe to a long, narrow wooden box made of tongue-and-groove wood with a hatch at the end, you can steam-cook wood and make it relatively flexible. This process is called "bending" the wood, and the wooden box is called a "bending trough."
You bend the wood for one hour per inch of wood thickness, and then you have a few minutes to bend it and secure it with clamps before it cools. In this way, shipbuilders used to bend and shape planks up to 8 inches thick when building wooden ships in the old days. It's possible to bend such thick planks on the flat, but bending on the edge as in your picture is more difficult. One is more or less forced to laminate from narrow strips that are glued together.
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I agree, it's likely plastic mixed with sawdust.nanowire said:
Like this? Hard to believe it will age well even with waterproof glue?prototypen said:
https://youtu.be/sgr8j15JP2U
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If you read Stephen's final comment, you will need many clamps and thinner lamellae, and I would have glued everything in one go, but that requires a stronger mold than what Stephen had (why stick 20 cm above the OSB board, place the blocks directly on the board)
All glued-laminated timber you see is glued, so why wouldn't it hold?
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All glued-laminated timber you see is glued, so why wouldn't it hold?
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Completely agree with you. I also prefer to steam rather than glue. But I've never had minutes, more like every second counts. I know that with steaming using ammonia instead of water, you can get significantly more flexible wood, but the method involves such great risks that unfortunately it's not recommended without a proper lab, as far as I understand.heimlaga said:
What I was thinking of were pictures I've seen of laminated oak that, after many years outdoors, does hold together but where it's clear that it's laminated. But if the alternative is not being able to have curves at all, then that's probably the price you have to pay.Daniel_N said:
Oak is a type of wood that is generally difficult to glue, especially outdoors.
If you use types of wood that are easier to glue, you can even laminate frames for boats.
Danieln is right.
In carpentry contexts with small dimensions, seconds matter, but the thicker the wood, the longer it can take.
If you use types of wood that are easier to glue, you can even laminate frames for boats.
Danieln is right.
In carpentry contexts with small dimensions, seconds matter, but the thicker the wood, the longer it can take.