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Bending wood - to build 1930s style radio case
OneLeftHandOneUndecided posted a topic in General Woodworking
Howdy, 1st post, European spy here (don't tell anyone!) I really like shapes of radios like this one: Emerson 38 (1935) yet more pics I have built stuff from wood before, and they tend to look like the cheaper IKEA stuff (even though I designed them :D). I do not have a workshop or machine park handy, so what I did so far was all very minimalistic and built "in place". That in mind: Is bending wood like that difficult? I am thinking about making a similar style case, and I want to put a DIY tube amplifier in there (plus some extra stuff). What type of wood is this even? The last photo, at the bottom of the page, to the top, slightly left of center of the back of the walls, there is a bit more contrast - looks like this is some type of plywood, with the middle part much thicker than the outer ones - or am I seeing things? Now, those sides do curve in yet another dimension - are they just panels that likely were made curved by some sort of subtractive process, and then just glued on inner, flat wood? But maybe I could do without them. The speaker area is a jigsaw job, eh? (I wish I had CNC not good at such precise stuff) All those embellished edges are probably too compliated / require very skilled work, not like just going over with a hand router. I guess I'd make it, if at all, simpler where it needs to, but try to beep the overall look & feel. What do you say?
