Steam bending

[Captain Coochie]

Or any other method of bending really .
I have given up trying to find the seal that was used for Cuchilo's winscreen so i want to bend a bit of Iroko over the coach roof and around to the metal brackets holding the top part . It is quite a tight curve around the windscreen .......

What thickness do you think i should take the Iroko down to to make bending easier ?
I was thinking 6mm and then maybe bending another one at 6mm and laminating them together .

 

[Lakesailor]

I found iroko grain ends lifted from the wood on a tight bend.
I may have chosen the wood badly.

I'd just get a bit and try it.

 

[Bobobolinsky]

Tight, router out corner blocks and steam bend the less than straight bits

 

[Captain Coochie]

Ive just been down to the boat to refresh my memory on it . I think its more of as scribe and laminating job than a steaming job .

 

[Ben Dockrell 22]

Ive just been down to the boat to refresh my memory on it . I think its more of as scribe and laminating job than a steaming job .

It might be eaiser to make a jig first ?

 

[jimmcgee]

Or any other method of bending really .
I have given up trying to find the seal that was used for Cuchilo's winscreen so i want to bend a bit of Iroko over the coach roof and around to the metal brackets holding the top part . It is quite a tight curve around the windscreen .......

What thickness do you think i should take the Iroko down to to make bending easier ?
I was thinking 6mm and then maybe bending another one at 6mm and laminating them together .

You've got a boat !! , thought you only done doors and windows !

 

[Ben Dockrell 22]

I found iroko grain ends lifted from the wood on a tight bend.
I may have chosen the wood badly.

I'd just get a bit and try it.

I know the oil from iroko is not friendly on some materials and the wood takes its toll on wood turners and other cutting tools.

 

[stuhaynes]

Or any other method of bending really .
I have given up trying to find the seal that was used for Cuchilo's winscreen so i want to bend a bit of Iroko over the coach roof and around to the metal brackets holding the top part . It is quite a tight curve around the windscreen .......

What thickness do you think i should take the Iroko down to to make bending easier ?
I was thinking 6mm and then maybe bending another one at 6mm and laminating them together .

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Why use iroko? The stuff you're going to buy will be kiln dried and a b*gger to steam. If you stick with iroko just make a plywood box and plug in a wallpaper steamer and laminate thin pieces together. Alternatively consider green oak, piece of cake to steam that and you can bend figure 8's!

Got a very similar job to do myself in August.

 

[Ben Dockrell 22]

Another thought is use sawdust mixed with epoxy, seal the window the same way with the appropiate epoxy. cheaper

 

[Captain Coochie]

The rest of the trims on the boat are Iroko so i want it to look the same . Oak will go black over time and not look the same . Plus i have some as stock that has been in the stock shed for a while so i thought id use that .
Ive got oak aswell

I dont only make windows and doors , i make anything in wood .
P.S it's boat(s) .......

 

[PabloPicasso]

The rest of the trims on the boat are Iroko so i want it to look the same . Oak will go black over time and not look the same . Plus i have some as stock that has been in the stock shed for a while so i thought id use that .
Ive got oak aswell

I dont only make windows and doors , i make anything in wood .
P.S it's boat(s) .......

mmmmm yes that looks niiice

 

[Captain Coochie]

I have to point out i didnt make that , i just refurbed it .

 

[jimmcgee]

sorry cuchi , forgot about that one !

 

[Lakesailor]

i have some as stock that has been in the stock shed for a while

I have to tell you that your shed is rubbish.




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[Boo2]

I have to tell you that your shed is rubbish.

Dunno, at least the transparent walls seem easy to keep clean...

Boo2

 

[TQA]

Laminate it!

 

[Captain Coochie]

Hmmmm ive been looking at what other headline cruisers have and also some old history on mine . My screen seemes to have been fitted from new but other headlines have something else .

 

[Bobobolinsky]

Plus oak goes black with epoxy

Iroko is fine with a rub down with acetone before epoxying.

If you are going to 6mm laminations, probably won't have to steam, just cold bend, too easy to oversteam skinny laminations, that's when the grain lifts