Reefguy


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Re: Height Gauge for router and table saw

Very nice!

posted: 5:39 am on October 21st  

Re: Steam bending simplified

Very nice!
About 3 years ago I had a job for a friend to rebuild an antique baby stroller. The bent wooden springs were broken and needed to be replaced. I came up with a steaming rig very similiar to the one you described using 4" PVC tubing, a stainless tea kettle and a length of garden hose. I stood the 5 foot long PVC tube on it's end and attached it to a lolly column in my work shop. Then I plumbed the tea kettle into the bottom. I steamed several strips of Maple to be able to bend them around a form I built to create the new wooden springs.

My friend was very satisfied with the outcome and his wife has the baby stroller on dispay in their front room.

posted: 8:06 am on August 28th