Took me a minute! Alex
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| Author: | Blake Dixon [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | bending tiger wood |
A friend of mine and my self tried bending tiger myrtle wood with no luck at all. Process was a fox style bender layered from the bottom up: steel, aluminum foil, wood, aluminum foil steel, heat blanket at about 300 for about 5 to 10 minutes before bending the cut away. It broke both times at the cut away. I soaked in fabric softener for about 1/2 an hour. Wood was .080 so i don't think it was the thickness, pretty much quarter sawn as well. Any ideas? Blake. |
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| Author: | Clinchriver [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
Blake Dixon wrote: A friend of mine and my self tried bending tiger myrtle wood with no luck at all. Process was a fox style bender layered from the bottom up: steel, aluminum foil, wood, aluminum foil steel, heat blanket at about 300 for about 5 to 10 minutes before bending the cut away. It broke both times at the cut away. I soaked in fabric softener for about 1/2 an hour. Wood was .080 so i don't think it was the thickness, pretty much quarter sawn as well. Any ideas? Blake. Sounds like you over cooked it, 300 degrees is 300 degrees no point in waiting 10 minutes, to bend. |
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| Author: | ernie [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
Blake I/ve bent myrtle for a Cl. the sides were old .I used vy little water just a light mist and started bending at 250 deg f on an overholtzer cl alum bending form.which heats up vy slowly. I worked at it vy slowly took abt 1ominute per side. |
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| Author: | Chuck Gilbert [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
I'd say that 5 - 10 minutes at 300 degrees dried it out. I've found that there's no point in letting it sit at any particular temperature, just start bending when the temp gets to about 220 or so - when you see steam - and go slowly. Chuck |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
I made this video about a year ago. It wasn't meant to be informational, but I do note the routine, and you can see how easily the tiger myrtle bends. What isn't noted is that I let it sit around 300 for about 20 minutes to set the bend. Bending Sides |
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| Author: | DannyV [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
Ask his ex. I think she had him bent over pretty well. |
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| Author: | Alex Kleon [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
| Took me a minute! Alex |
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| Author: | Mike Collins [ Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
Blake; did you try to make the bend quickly? I always bend every side & especially cutaways very slowly. If I feel any resistance I stop! let the wood get more heat & the fibers set to go again. Mike |
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| Author: | Blake Dixon [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
Thanks so much for your help however my problem bend is the cut away. After the bend. The cut away is cracked. All the other bends are good. Any ideas about concentrating on the cut away bend? Thanks Blake |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 1:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
Blake Dixon wrote: Thanks so much for your help however my problem bend is the cut away. After the bend. The cut away is cracked. All the other bends are good. Any ideas about concentrating on the cut away bend? Can you post a pic of the crack? The nature of the crack can be pretty revealing. |
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| Author: | DannyV [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
James Orr wrote: Blake Dixon wrote: Thanks so much for your help however my problem bend is the cut away. After the bend. The cut away is cracked. All the other bends are good. Any ideas about concentrating on the cut away bend? Can you post a pic of the crack? The nature of the crack can be pretty revealing.   I'm not sure Lance is going to like the direction this is going.
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| Author: | Blake Dixon [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
K will do next week I'm away right now I will post the photos and let you guys decide what I did wrong |
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| Author: | Tai Fu [ Sat Oct 26, 2013 10:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
For cutaways or even non-dreadnaught sides, you want to thin the side down to no more than .07" or .065". It doesn't seem like much but the extra few thou of thickness really reduces stiffness by quite a lot and can solve most bending problem. |
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| Author: | Blake Dixon [ Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
So .08 is to thick? |
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| Author: | Tai Fu [ Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
It's too thick for cutaways. Even Robbie O Brien recommends thinning to .065" for cutaways and that's for an easy wood like Indian Rosewood. |
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| Author: | Blake Dixon [ Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
K will do I'll take it down to just over .65 thanks Blake |
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| Author: | Mike Collins [ Sun Oct 27, 2013 2:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
Is this a crack that follows the grain of the wood? Or a fracture that goes cross grain? Mike |
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| Author: | Blake Dixon [ Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: bending tiger wood |
Fracture across the grain almost a if it was bent to cold. |
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