Woodworker's Guide to Bending Wood: Techniques, Projects, and Expert Advice for Fine Woodworking

Curvature in wood can take ordinary woodwork and make it extraordinary. This comprehensive book will teach you a variety of wood bending techniques - including green wood bending, constructing curved wood laminates, hot water bending, steam bending, heat bending of relatively thin materials, and vacuum press bending - to make your woodworking special.

The book also includes information about designing and building bending forms, providing detailed instructions so you can choose the best method for your project - be it graceful curved chair legs or a serpentine front. There are seven step-by-step projects presented, including shaker boxes, a bow for an arrow, a rustic chair, the sides of a guitar, and bent panels used for tables and pedestals. .

"Any woodworker interested in building curved furniture, Shaker-style boxes or musical instruments will find this publication enlightening." - Australian Woodsmith