Hot Air Wood Bending

Steam bending of long pieces of wood requires a long steam box and a lot of time to get the steam box heated up. So unless you intend to steam a lot of pieces, waiting for the box to heat is a pain. Instead, we did some hot air bending. The wood, black acacia had soaked to the point of sinking and so was thoroughly saturated with water. So with a hot air gun and lots of clamps, we heated a few inches of wood at a time, bent, clamped and then moved on. Simplicity itself.