Jim Wilson
WCHA Member
Since we are back, I think I'll pose a question that I have been meaning to ask for a while. How do different people deal with spring back when steam bending things like stems?
I normally just bend to the form made from a tracing of the old stem. Of course, then I have to pull it in because of the spring back. Who else does it this way, and who tries to deal with the spring back on the form itself? If you make the form with an over bend, how do you decide how to change the shape of the form? Do you take the species of wood into account since some spring back much more than others?
That should be enough questions to stir the pot a bit.
Welcome back everyone!
Jim
I normally just bend to the form made from a tracing of the old stem. Of course, then I have to pull it in because of the spring back. Who else does it this way, and who tries to deal with the spring back on the form itself? If you make the form with an over bend, how do you decide how to change the shape of the form? Do you take the species of wood into account since some spring back much more than others?
That should be enough questions to stir the pot a bit.
Welcome back everyone!
Jim