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Offline PatM

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Re: Heat bending
« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2019, 02:48:57 pm »
Since wood can really only be compressed but not stretched, the compression side is more important to plasticise with heat.  As long as the outside of your bend doesn't break, heating it is fine, it's just not likely doing anything.
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Offline Dances with squirrels

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Re: Heat bending
« Reply #16 on: May 26, 2019, 04:25:44 pm »
And there's another one.... wood can't stretch. The tension side isn't doing anything.

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Offline PatM

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Re: Heat bending
« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2019, 05:59:24 pm »
Oh it can stretch but it's so minimal that it barely registers.  Less than  half a percent before breakage is the typically mentioned amount.  That's why wood isn't typically used as a tensile member when building.

   Self bows store energy by being squeezed, not expanded.
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