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In this video, we explore the techniques of bending wood using steam and lamination to create a library ladder and a floor ...

Laminate bending is often preferable to steam-bending. Steam-bent wood has more spring-back because the compressed fibers have a ”memory,” which makes them want to straighten out over time.

A common practice of traditional boat builders and furniture makers, steam bending allows wooden members to be twisted and bent into evocative curves.

Israeli designer Bar Gantz has created a collection of furniture by steam-bending wood into twisted shapes. The collection – which was included in Dezeen's list of 12 of the best products by up ...

The beech wood bike frame was cut using a CNC machine and then shaped using old school wood steam bending techniques, and then reinforced using spring rods ...