Bending the wrist.

TreeWizard · #1 03-26-2009, 06:52 PM

I've been carving a wizard who is reading a spell book and have gotten to the point of carving the arms and hands. I need to bend the wrist a bit more and am trying to avoid having to carve the whole arm over.

Has anyone tried to steam a small piece of basswood and bend it slightly ( maybe 15 degrees). If so how did you steam it and how well did it bend?

TreeWizard · #2 03-27-2009, 12:49 PM

Well I guess no one has tried it, just a note it can be done, 15 minutes sitting in the steam from the tea pot and it bent just fine.

Claude · #3 03-27-2009, 01:55 PM

Thanks for the info - it's a good thing to know!

Claude

Baldy · #4 03-27-2009, 02:29 PM

Another method that will let you bend wood is to soak it in amonia for at least a couple of hours and you can move it to any position you want.

Baldy

Mitchell · #5 03-27-2009, 04:26 PM

Didn't see the post until now.....

I have steamed and bent a small piece of basswood carved as a rope (1/8" diameter) to go around a flagpole with some success. So, it was 180 degrees in about 1/2" radius.

Thanks for posting your results.

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