In this video workshop michael c.
Bent lamination chair.
Annette koehnen koehnen built this european ash chair 28 in.
On the famous ikea chairs the legs are laminated out of strips of 1 3 mm in thickness and are bent to a radius as low as 45 mm in places.
With glue between each lamination a press is used to bend the bundle of laminations around a form.
Fortune shows you step by step how to build a beautiful garden chair with classy curves.
Make the radius of your form just an eighth inch or so smaller than you want to final part to be.
Bent lamination chair finewoodworking woodworker.
I made it from some leftover osb and plywood as shown in the video.
I saw a lot of similar design in metal and decided to try and make one in wood.
Bottom part of the mould is rigid and keeps it s shape while the top part of the mould is more.
Once the glue dries the workpiece will hold it s new shape.
Bent laminations don t take a lot of specialized equipment.
A video of making a bent lamination chair.
The challenge was to design a.
So the first order of business is to build the form followed by cutting the wood into lamination strips.
A wide variety of bent lamination chair options are available to you such as home furniture commercial furniture and outdoor furniture.
With experience you will get the feel for this but keep it in mind as you work with your first bent parts.
Overall i bent 4 mm thick strips into a 45 cm radius circle.
Deep by 40 in.
So while i was bending to a radius 112 times the thickness ikea bends to a radius of just 34 times thickness.
Tall as part of a commission for a dining table and 12 chairs.
Wide by 17 in.
Although curves can be intimidating fortune walks you through the entire process of building and using forms to achieve bent laminations that will stand the test of time.