Curved desk front---HELP!!

Gary,

A drawing with sizes would be helpful. Also, are you planning to use white oak?

Steve

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Your basic idea should work, but 1/4” thick pieces might be too thick for that radius.
You’ll have to play with it to find out. Water or steam bending could help too.

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Hi guys, thanks for the input.

I have tried to up load some CAD pictures but no success as yet. I have never tried steam or water bending, but may give that a go Kent. shopguryl, that link to Dennis’ project is helpful. Was along the lines of what I was thinking.

I’ll post pics of the progress and outcome in due course,

Thanks again,

Garry

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For me, the ripping and gluing is far easier to accomplish than steam bending for a 1 time project. Like the others say, the thickness of your pieces will depend on the length and radius as well as the height of the bending piece.

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Well, I decided to have a go at laminating, but couldn’t get the finish I wanted. So I thought I’d try steam bending. Always thought this type of work would be far beyond my capabilities, but, as it turns out, it seems to have worked! I got loads of info from this forum on building a steam box and how to use it. So far I’ve steamed the oak and clamped it using ratchet ties. Going to leave it overnight and have a look in the morning at the result. Thanks again for the input all,

Garry

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