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Good Monday Morning Patriot Woodworkers! November 24, 2025
John Morris posted a topic in General Woodworking
Good Monday morning! Good Monday morning Patriot Woodworkers! What did you get done over the weekend, and what have you planned for the week ahead! Inquiring minds want to know. Please tell us what's happening in your shops, your life, and any events going on with you. Thank you for being here folks! Welcome New Members To view our newest members and welcome them to our digs, please see our Members Page, you can "Sort" by join date and click on their names and be taken to their profile page where you can leave a message of welcome. Thank you for making our newest folks feel welcome. The Annual Warrior Family Christmas Project Our Christmas project is LIVE! Click HERE Featured Topic I really like this jig by @MrRick, I never even thought of anything like this, it seems to be a great option for thin strip bending as opposed to other methods (boiling, steam box, etc). It appears to be quick to get started and clean, thanks Rick! Featured Download @kmealy shared a cross cut sled plan for all to use, thanks Keith! I really like how a few of our members are starting to use our downloads area for sharing their files, keep up the great work folks! Featured Video I am always on the look out for Craft in America new episodes. While this is not a new episode, I don't think I've shared it here, it's a full episode so you if you are interested in watching, you may just want to play it on your Television and streaming service, enjoy!
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I made this jig a after seeing it on YouTube. It's simple to make. I used a ¾" steel pipe. Don't use galvanized! Make a strap to secure bottle to jig. Secure jig to your bench. I also advise you to put a piece of nomex or some flame retardant material between the steel mounting base and wood jig as a precaution. You don't have to and I didn't at first. However I thought it may be wise to do. Also it would be advisable to do this outside over concrete like your driveway or patio. Here's the jig Cut your wood strips or what you are going to bend and soak them. I did this for 10 min but it depends on thickness. Soak until a little pliable. After soaking, light your torch on the jig. Dribble a few drops of water across the hot pipe. This helps steaming and prevents burning as wood dries from steaming process. Repeat this periodically. Start your shaping. Thanks for looking! Happy steaming! Cheers. MrRick
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From the album: Shaker Furniture
As you can see, this is a far cry from my original idea of using two clamps. The author (Kerry Pierce) of the book I am learning to build chairs from, uses a bench vise to close his forms in, that is an excellent idea, there is no wrestling, no fuss, just insert the steamed slats in the form at the bench vise, and close the vise. I will need to purchase a bench vise with the screw longer than 10" as that is the thickness of my form with the slats in them, pre-bend. That'll have to wait though, as funding becomes available for such a tool. Eventually I'll have to have several bench vises to accommodate the construction of various chairs at once. These slats are a quarter inch thick. The formula for steam bending wood is 1 hour per inch, thus 15 minutes should suffice for these slats, but the author steams his slats for a half hour, so I did as well. I am not that good yet that I can start steering away from sage advice from a professional post and rung chair builder like Kerry Pierce.
