Show WOOD BENDING I In an account of the wood bending Industry a writer in the Woodworker remarks that comparatively few persons per-sons outside the carriage and boat building interests are aware of Its extent tent and tout few realize that the carriages car-riages they ride in are very largely made of such wood the fellies of all their wheels are bent and made in two parts the framework of coaches and heavy carriages is nearly all made of bent stock and not only better made but more cheaply and the frames of pleasure boats are bent as also many of the frames of the finest sailing yachts Furniture too of many kinds has bent frames all the celebrated I Thonet chairs for example being I made entirely of wood thus treated I I The object o bending is twofold I namely saving of time and stock and I stability and strength of the work when put togetherthis independent i of beauty of form and bent carriage i shafts are almost if not entirely used nOv instead of the old style clumsy I sawed ones Skill in manipulating the material Is very essential Simply the forms to bend on and the steam box in which to soften the wood do not alone insure success in the operation i Is necessary to know perfectly the stock to bend it being so variable that no two pieces bend alike |