Re: [baidarka] steaming ribs


Subject: Re: [baidarka] steaming ribs
From: Michael Daly (michaeldaly@rogers.com)
Date: Tue Jan 13 2004 - 17:49:30 EST


On 13 Jan 2004 at 21:51, dick van Zanten wrote:

> The stuff had been soaking in
> water for two days

Soaking doesn't do much except preserve green (undried) wood as
green. If the wood has been dried, soaking will have little effect.
If you have grain runout, there's not much you can do, though a
backing strap might help for this.

There's a good steam bending booklet at Lee Valley. You can download
a copy at:

<http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=31161&category=1,45866,45
867&abspage=1&ccurrency=1&SID=>

Mike
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