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Thonet bending wood process

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This event began 10/23/2025 and repeats every year forever

Thonet bending wood process
Literature
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentwood

https://www.worthpoint.com/dictionary/p/furniture-furnishings/german/german-furniture-style-bentwood

https://michaelthonet.eu/the-bentwood-process-a-revolutionary-technique-in-furniture-design/

Video
Soak in steam for five hours
Three minutes to shape wood before it dries and breaks, using metal strips and clips
Seventy degrees celsius for twenty hours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN8fGWCqTSU

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basic version of above
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sUti5yG7iU

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more details
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BDTkm3xOcQ

 

Cooking in a bentwood box
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAi1duTiBgo

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bendingwood three ways: glue strips and fit[ anywood but messy], steam rod and clamp[cleanist but not all wood + need steambox+season shift], series of incisions on a rod and clamp[quick to do , especially for art, but not structurally strong]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q8avgDQZ5Y

 

My design of a bentwood chair for Sudowoodo
https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/372-sudowoodo-at-the-library-for-charity-07032025/


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