How to bend 3mm thick tilia wood?

[dockattner]

I Bended it!!! ... using lots of elastic benda and Wellington soaking in hotel water and restino all night , after 3-4 days of attempts.
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But a small problem I hotel to fix with sone glue and a clip...

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Another problem is I bent too much ... but may be I should adapt the reat deck or try to unbend part of the stern ?

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Personally I would rebend the stern facade, my friend.

 

[Naima]

Changed bender and adapting to a larger curvature .

 

[Brad Shannon]

this is top secret bending only possible when the admiral is off watch View attachment 635007

That’s very brave using the Admiral’s vintage Revere Ware.

 

[Senorbob]

That’s very brave using the Admiral’s vintage Revere Ware.

i burned up another one so
i have to be devious now.

 

[Fletch Dog]

I had to bend some 5x2mm walnut and the only thing that worked was soaking in ammonia. I capped a pvc pipe off. One end cemented the other just a loose cap. It worked! Very surprised after trying everything else.

 

[Hobbyphile]

Senor bob: You comment really made me laugh!

 

[Ivanrobbiano]

I wanted to Use a 3 mm thick tilia wood for base for a ship Stern does someone knows if I can bend it like the small thin panels?

Hi naima a way to improve the bending process is soaking the wood piece in a warm solution of urea (a common nitrogen fertilizer ). Urea helps to soften lignin and hemicelluloce wich are in part responsible of wood stiffness.

 

[Irmantas]

this is top secret bending only possible when the admiral is off watch View attachment 635007

Maybe it is better to hold plank inside pot, not autside (i mean oposite wall side)? Because of water wapor.

 

[Corsair]

Maybe it is better to hold plank inside pot, not autside (i mean oposite wall side)? Because of water wapor.

except if you can bend it enough to get it on the inside wall, then it wouldn't be that tough to bend. If you use the outside of the pot, you can still leave a lot of it straight or not as tight a bend as the container around which you are bending.

 

[AllanKP69]

For planks, not an entire stern ,,,,, broad bending is not difficult and nothing fancy or cumbersome like steam pots are needed. Water and some kind of container like a piece of plastic pipe with a cap on one end, a hair drier or hot air gun and an empty can is all that is needed. None of the methods above for broad bending work for the edge bending so the planks that have been tapered in breadth will be shaped to neatly sit on the frames/bulkheads without lifting. That is not as easy, but just as important if not more so.
Allan