Bending Wood

with Chris Gochnour

Chris Gochnour guides you through the steps to creating curved forms in this exclusive three-part video series. Part 1 shows how to make a sturdy bending form

with Chris Gochnour

Part 2 of 3: Resawing veneers on the bandsaw

with Chris Gochnour

Part 3 of 3: Laminating veneers with a shopmade vacuum bag

by Lon Schleining

Lon Schleining wrote a book on bending wood; in this article, he shares his tips on lamination bending as an economical way to create bent-wood furniture parts ...

by Lon Schleining

Lon Schleining demonstrates the basics of this technique by showing how to bend a back slat for a chair. He explains what the best wood is for steam-bending, and ...

by Bruce Peterson

Bruce Peterson likes to find production methods that save time but don’t sacrifice quality. The tables he shows here have simple joinery, and he laminated layers ...

by Jere Osgood

Jere Osgood says the key to the compound-staved lamination system is realizing that flat layers of wood can be bent to one radius at one edge, and to a different ...

by Jere Osgood

Jere Osgood continues his series on bending laminate. This article focuses on layers of wood that are not of uniform thickness -- tapered laminations and double-tapered ...

by William A. Keyser, Jr.

William Keyser, Jr., says the distinct advantage of steam bending is that the grain of the wood follows the curve, thus eliminating the short-grain problems associated ...

by Jere Osgood

Jere Osgood's serving tray introduces the woodworker to bending a simple lamination. The tray can be made entirely with hand tools and clamps, although a tablesaw ...

by Jere Osgood

In this, the first in a series of articles about bent lamination, Jere Osgood focuses on basics, such as how laminations differ from veneers. Lamination is an economical ...

by David Haig

Learn to make curved panels that taper in thickness and look and behave like solid wood. David Haig has a system that uses a solid-wood core, kerfed across its ...