From FWW #278, 2019
I'm trying to make one for my granddaughters in Virginia Beach.
Made a red oak box with finger joints (1/8") but making the handle quickly went south. The neat and clean handle (1/8" t) in pic 1 was bent by the author at a 1" radius. My steam bending attempts with freshly rived pieces of white oak (3/16"t) to a 4" radius was a big failure. The handle split and cracked along the radius-not a smooth, seamless bend by any means.
I'm trying to make one for my granddaughters in Virginia Beach.
Made a red oak box with finger joints (1/8") but making the handle quickly went south. The neat and clean handle (1/8" t) in pic 1 was bent by the author at a 1" radius. My steam bending attempts with freshly rived pieces of white oak (3/16"t) to a 4" radius was a big failure. The handle split and cracked along the radius-not a smooth, seamless bend by any means.