bending wood?

[capesams]

don't over look preasure treated lumber...get yourself a single 2x8 or 10 and rip it to whatever size you need....it bends nicely just by clamping and will hold screws too.....also look at pl 400 premeum construction adhesive made for pt...it's an all urathane caulking/adhesive made for pt as well..cost is like 5.00 a tube...It'll fill any voids between the wood and hull and totally waterproof...just don't get it on your hands or clothes cause it won't come off.....I've and many boat yards have used this stuff for above/below decks in wet areas...you'll find it in any hardware/lumberyard...sometimes you need to think home building for your boat building needs....it'll save you money and works as good as all the epoxies that cost 5 times as much.

[Backbeach Jake]

CS, that's a priceless bit of info. Goes in my file. Thanks.

[beamie]

Though expensive white oak is best, hard to find. Boulter has some. You can fab a wooden steam box. The oak still has to be sawn into somewhat managable dimensions for bending and the grain should run the right way.

Any way if you build a steam box and find a 55 gallon drum for a water drum. Some guys have old furnace burners to heat under the drum making a stacked brick stand to contain the flame. Eventually this makes steam and hose it to your steam box.

This is allot to go thru to do what you need. You can also just lay out what you need and have a sawn "bend", like a sawn frame instead of bending.

I think CS idea seems good low budget. This is all under deck and not a piece of finish work.

[thefishingfreak]

exactly what i wanted to hear. a cheaper/eisier way

[NEXT2NUN]

Freak green oak from a saw mill, $1.00-$1.20 a board foot. Bends like rubber, nice to work with too!!. White is the best then red avoid black oak.