Today I finnished the round window
I had to make a steamer so that I could bend the beading for the window.
I didn't have any dowl to hold the stock in place so I cut up a broken arrow , which I think is a preety cool thing to use .
It's the first time I've streamed timber and it is suprisingly bendy once hot , but it cools so quick then becomes brittle , you need to be on your toes.
Looks like you figured it out pretty quickly. Have never tried that myself. There used to be a wood working show on with Norm Abrams of "This Old House" over on this side of the pond...He did some steam bending in a similar manner. You've probably seen how some Luthiers will bend wet wood over a warm steel pipe...the method you used seems like a good one.
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