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This is my third output experimenting with combining kerfing with steam bending. This time I used 0.8mm thick birch plywood, and changed the cutting pattern building on the successful aspects of the first 2 attempts.
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In this trial I wanted to build on the way the light shines through the plywood. You can clearly see the grain running in both directions. This is 0.8mm Birch tri-ply.

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This is my second output experimenting with combining kerfing with steam bending. I don’t think it is as successful as the first. I used 1.5mm thick birch plywood, which was harder to work with than the 0.8mm and does not let the light through

Kerfing is a woodworking technique which involves making numerous cuts into a piece of wood in order to make it flexible. In the last couple of weeks I have been exploring the potential for combining kerfing with steam bending in order to maximise th

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