All You Need To Know About Steam Bending Wood

Рет қаралды 9,197

Күн бұрын

Steam bending wood is great, when you get it right. Here's what I've learned along the way.
Official Website
www.robinlewismakes.com/
Follow me on Instagram
/ robinlewismakes
Find me on Facebook:
/ robinlewismakes
00:00 Learning to Steam Bend
16:12 Steam Bending A Chair
32:40 Steam Bending A Table
Thanks for watching

Пікірлер: 35

@thomasswenddal772 4 ай бұрын

Very informative and refreshing to my old thoughts of projects I'd had of bending wood veneers for doorway jambs, transom,, sidelite frames and the likes in Northern California during my 20's and 30's. I'd also like to say that you are one fine craftsman and I appreciated watching your adventures growing with each test and reason as your skills would build and refine with your tooling and final reveal, quite satisfying to my eye and experience. I can tell for those who will be using and living with your productions for the next 100 years, oh the sense of the love for the maker who put so much into them! Thank you sir!

@RobinLewisMakes 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the message, I really appreciate the kinds words coming from someone with so much experience

@barberspaddockwoodworking 3 ай бұрын

What a journey from start to finish. From those initial tests to the final products, what a result. 👏👏👏

@RobinLewisMakes 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@anthonyseiver7000 4 ай бұрын

Alternative title: Bend it like Robin Enjoyed the journey, its ups and downs, the wins and heartaches

@RobinLewisMakes 4 ай бұрын

Haha 😂 thanks

@kz.irudimen 3 ай бұрын

That chair is stunning, beautiful design and execution. Well done :)

@RobinLewisMakes 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, really appreciate that

@coolabahwoodworking 4 ай бұрын

That was fantastic. One day I have to try steam bending

@fredrevolution6617 2 ай бұрын

Thanks VERY much for producing this video Robin, amazing work 😃😃 See you in the next video!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩

@johnwells1724 2 ай бұрын

Quite nice Robin! I steam bent all the planks for my tug boat hull repairs. It was just as much of an adventure. 3" thick Douglas Fir planks. Had to have a 16 foot box. Fortunately air dried planks. No laminations. Can't remember exactly how many hours in the box, but I presoaked the wood in salt water first. Had to keep water on the boil to replenish the water in the steam box without temperature loss. Worked great though. Love steam bent projects, lots of personality! Keep up the good video content. I just found you tonight and will be watching more.

@RobinLewisMakes 2 ай бұрын

Pre soaking was the missing piece in the puzzle. Hadn’t thought of boiling the water before adding to the steamer, that’s a good idea. Thanks for stopping by!

@barretmcdermid1840 4 ай бұрын

Mate, that's a great video. You have come a long way from that concrete worktop you made a few years back. Well done, 2024 awaits 🤙

@RobinLewisMakes 4 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, appreciate that

@liquidrockaquatics3900 2 ай бұрын

Dwv PVC has an extruded foam core while pressure rated PVC is solid

@moneymakingmikeg.9555 4 ай бұрын

Yoooo Robin!!! Been a minute & apologies for not getting to your videos as quickly as I used too. Excited to get caught up on some of them. Both projects were cool to watch. Blessings for 2024 Bud, Dirty Jersey out!!

@RobinLewisMakes 4 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, always appreciate it!

@resinatewoodco832 4 ай бұрын

Nice work Robin, I know where I will be coming back to when I venture into a bit of bendy business 🤘🏼

@RobinLewisMakes 4 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, it's good fun

@samrustan 4 ай бұрын

Very cool. Nice work!

@RobinLewisMakes 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@dainermade 4 ай бұрын

Beauty! I’m at work! I’ll fire up all the browsers 😂🎉 happy new year

@RobinLewisMakes 4 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!

@woodfather 4 ай бұрын

very cool, I hadn't seen any of your steam bending work. How much fun did you have at 20:55 ? That must have felt slick as! 😆

@RobinLewisMakes 4 ай бұрын

Ha, so funny you pointed that out! I remember thinking at the time, "wow that worked better than expected!" 😂

@halthammerzeit 4 ай бұрын

Coating inside with water glass could help, cheap and 2 or 3 coatings should do the job with moisture.

@FixitFingers 4 ай бұрын

It might not be a super-cut but it's a great video and should find its own audience regardless! A great one to add to your new full time push. The only thing I am disappointed it YT didn't push this to my Subs feed, I only saw it when you mentioned it in chat :(

@RobinLewisMakes 4 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. Cross fingers it finds its way to tv 🤞

@FixitFingers 4 ай бұрын

@@RobinLewisMakes Might be tough being so 'short' :P But who knows! I think it'll do well just on search and 'regular' woody viewers instead. ;)

@liquidrockaquatics3900 2 ай бұрын

34:13 when you’re building the second steam box, when you chose plywood I’m wondering if you were to coat the inside with some sort of rubberized or high temperature finish if it would stop any distortion or is plywood enough since it’s not solid wood? If you had a can of flex seal sitting around, would that be beneficial to spray the interior where water will accumulate so it can run to a drain hole instead of soaking in?

@RobinLewisMakes 2 ай бұрын

Something I discovered after this video is “formply” (not sure if it’s an Australian thing). It’s plywood with a hard waterproof coating, similar to what you’re describing. The next box I make I’m going to try that.

@fredrevolution6617 2 ай бұрын

How long would you recommend soaking the wood in water for?

@RobinLewisMakes Ай бұрын

Depends on the the thickness of the timber, but at least 24 hours. If you can just put it in water well before you need it, so it’s ready to go for the steam (instead of trying to time it)