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- In this video I will show you the prosses of how I made this homemade curved DIY computer monitor stand ! I use poplar that cost $3.57 a board foot in my area, I need about 3 to 4 board feet to make this monitor riser. I Used this wood bending technique called Kerf cutting to rise the monitor 3 inches higher. I did ruin a piece of walnut on my first attempt but got it right on the second go around on some poplar. By no means did it come out perfect but i am extremely happy with the results!
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I'm a model ship maker and have replaced many many frames in a few old wooden boats. I soak my wood in Ammonia, the weak STORE BOUGHT Ammonia!!! I put the wood planks in a trough and the frames in a PVC pipe, (cap off one end of course) then fill it with the weak STORE BOUGHT Ammonia. Let it soak over night, then pull it out, wipe it off and work in the bend and clamp it till its dry. It works great! I can also bend curves in flat pieces of wood without the wood buckling, you need a jig for that. It really works. Some of the color, mahogany, will leach out of the wood turning the weak STORE BOUGHT Ammonia red, that's ok because after your wood dries, you can use the red weak STORE BOUGHT Ammonia as a stain and restain the mahogany with it's own pigment!
I think I know what you mean when you reference 100% ammonia, i.e. straight out of the store bottle, but lest anyone reading this be looking for actual 100% ammonia, stop it. The stuff from the grocery store is at best 5 to 10 percent ammonia. You DO NOT want 100% (anhydrous) ammonia anywhere near you, your home, or your shop. The stuff is crazy dangerous, caustic and lethal in a variety of nasty ways. So, sure, use the grocery store ammonia, realizing that when wet it will affect the lignin in the wood and when it dries it will retain whatever shape you have bent into the wood, but it will also be permanently weakened.
@@dougthomson5544 Oh yes you are correct, please forgive me. I will edit my mistake. Thank you. Just the stuff you buy at the store. My apologies.
@@dougthomson5544 There, I think I fixed it. Thank you again.
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Here's a few tips for anyone trying to do this.
First, submerge the board for a few hours, even a day or two, in a tub of water. Give it plenty of time to soak and soften.
Second, temporarily reinforce the outside of the bend with a piece of sheet metal tightly clamped to the board to prevent the wood from blowing out.
Third, over bend the wood slightly. It will spring back a bit once it dries.
Fourth, keep the wood clamped in place until it sets in the desired curve shape.
Fifth, after it is dry and set, it may be bent a little more (be careful not to overbend) and glued as needed.
i knew he was forgetting something
Or, just steam the damn thing like you're supposed to
@@ssss-df5qz Sure, but that would require equipment that most of us don't have. And even if you do use steaming, most of my tips would still apply.
The main reason the wood breaks is that the kerfs are not far enough apart because when you bend it, the kerfs bind against each other.
One other step that is important, cut all of your kerfs before soaking the wood. And especially with hard wood, soak it over 12 hours, preferably 24. Bathtubs are good for this.
Good edits, a bit of humor and humility, and music that isn't too loud or annoying! Great vid!
That looks so good.
BTW thanks for showing the lessons learned with the walnut. Those kinds of "This is why this didn't work." Helps the rest of us not make the same mistakes or know we need to adjust for the different variables.
Thanks
You are welcome 😊 thank you for watching!
Nope, it's perfect !!!
This is a great video. I appreciate how you put your fails in on your journey to your ultimate success. Those things that didn't work are as important as the things that did work for the next guy. I would recommend if you're going to use cold water to just iron it with an iron. That will create steam inside the wood and allow you to bend it easier. Also I would recommend you put shellac on first, then you're stain, then your topcoat. Poplar wood accept stains uneven, and a wash coat of shellac will allow it to be an even color.
Thank you for all this great information 👍
I don't comment very often. But that video and what u did is truly amazing!! I've been a carpenter over 30 yrs and never seen anything like that! Back in early 1990s when I was an apprentice, my boss did such beautiful finish carpentry work, in 4 million dollar homes and some of his woodwork was even photographed, for better homes and gardens magazine. But that lil trick u did, was therapeutic, just to watch. But dammit, Now I'm gonna have to go and build the same thing, for no reason, other than to show people and say look, I built that, by majically bending the wood, with my mind powers. Hahahaha!! Good job and phenomenal woodworking skills. If ur this crafty now, I can't imagine what u will be capable of when you've been at it 33yrs. Thanks for the video young fella and Def keep up the good work.
Thank you for all the kind words!
Very impressive! Thanks for sharing.
Also the music in the video started an impromptu dance party.
Working as a wood crafter for 30+ years I find the tip and tricks every day. One thing I would like to say is Grate job on the project . (Wal Nut is one of the most difficult types of wood to work with )
just not too GRATE with your english (GREAT)
nice vid i like that you show your failures and dont pretend you did it in one try. the project came out nice
I like that you mess up and show it... Saves me money, I will buy popler if I try this and use steamy hot water. Oh, and sand it before I bend it. 😁 Thanks! End result looks great congrats!
I liked that you showed a failure, a great lesson learned: some woods are not meant for bending (at least to this degree). *Very* nice product you made, well done!
Thank you!
While bending it you have to keep it exposed to the steam constantly so that the wood fibers don't break under the stress. Also, one of the good ways to cut the part that is going to bend is to cut it into a triangular shape, but it's time consuming.
they make a bit for that but I forget the name
That's what I was thinking. A triangular router bit or something
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Great looking project. The harder the woods don't bend as well even with kerfing them. I've usually do my kerfed projects out of MDF and then veneer over them with the finished wood I want. Has the added advantage of not needing to be steamed.
well said
im not gonna make anything like this myself but it was satisfying to watch
totally using this idea to make my entertainment stand/ record player stand
Very good! Thank you very much from Belarus!
Thanks for watching 🙂
can we agree that routers are the most magical tool in the workshop
I usually buy mini paint rollers glue them on round stock then wrap with sand paper put them on a drill and give it a spin. Cool design though.
Great tip!
i love how you say if you dont like the video for some reason hit the like button
Yup that way I know if people liked the video or not haha 😆😅
Nice video! Thanks for sharing. Nice work. I made a commission piece (coffee table) with curved legs. I used walnut milled to 3/32" then formed 13 strips around a frame made of stacked MDF using every clamp I had. Using a quart of Titebond. When cured, cut it flush on the table saw. The glue joints were invisible. The glue proved to soften the wood enough to bend.
I've been wanting to try bent lamination for a while now
@@JARMade It works great, albeit a bit messy! Be sure to use cauls with the clamps for even pressure.
As an aside, I purchase secondhand furniture to cut up for forms made from MDF. Tons cheaper than MDF sheets plus its already broken down, and no tears when they hit the burnpile after a project. If you choose to keep the forms be sure to wax and wrap them for storage.
I look forward to your next video.
Thanks for all the info. I appreciate it 🙏
@@JARMade My pleasure! Sharing knowledge with each other is what's great about the woodworking community. Love your videos!
Not perfect on the edge banding solution to hide the cuts.. but man it looks gorgeous for a first try. I learned a lot, thank you!
That finish turned out great! The coats of shellac really brought it home.
Thank you for posting your wood bending video and for including the times that it did not work. Kudos for you for that. Definitely going to try and bend pine wood that is also soft-'ish' wood - I'm from South Africa so this will definitely work here
Please let me know how pine bends for you!
@@JARMade I will keep you in the loop
always cool to see stain get put on wood
Dunno how I ended up here, never really been interested in woodwork but, this makes me want a table saw that was a pretty awesome creative journey.
Haha welcome! I suggest checking out other videos on here lol you might like them if you liked this one 😄
You have my subs and like for the amount of concentration one needs to put in precision art.
Thank you! And welcome make sure to check out the other videos 🙂 I got some other good ones lol
Awesome work, you are a genius. Wish you luck.
Hey , try this . In Chemistry , we put tongue depressors in a test tube of Ammonia gas . It was actually , a little ammonia liquid , sealed in a tube with the wood over night . It turns the wood into rubber , and you can bend it , and stretch it like a rubber band . And if you clamp it in position till it drys out , it will stay deformed . I never tried it with any thick wood , but I imagine , it would just take longer to saturate . Why it works , is that wood is made of Cellulose , [ flexible] , and Lignum [ the glue binder ] . The Ammonia temporarily breaks down the cross-link binding , and it turns to rubber . Caution , Pure Ammonia is bad stuff to breath in , youll need a respirator , and well ventilated or outside work place . If you had thin sheets of solid venier , you could form them into a shape , like a mask .
That sounds very interesting. I'm going to search YT to see if anyone tried it.
I used to use ammonia on balsa quite a bit building model airplanes and it worked great.
Place wood in a bag with a bath of an ammonia solution of 50/50 with distilled water in it then vacuum out the air. Let it sit for 36 hours then remove and bend. Place bent wood in forms back in bag and vaccuum out the ammonia solution by placing the vacuum pump at a lower level than the the wood. This will remove a majority of the solution. After 24 hours remove wood/form place under fan to disipate the solution. Remove form then wash with denatured alcohol
Two things:
1. Heat. Bending is best accomplished with the direct application of heat to the solid surface. It makes the fibres of the wood more pliable so they don't split under stress. A really good place to start is watching luthiers like Ted Woodford building acoustic guitars. Those guys have got bending wood nailed. The role of water is to aid in the efficient transmission of heat, the idea being that it's evaporated off quite quickly, avoiding saturation and warping of the wood..
2. Strap clamps. Three strap clamps wrapped around the long axis of the shelf will hold your curves where you've cut them. Bar clamps aren't the best choice.
I'd also consider slotting something into the fold to hold it in place. The feet looked ever-so-slightly off the horizontal.
Cool idea, though, and very well executed, given that you were clearly working it out as you went. I love seeing processes like this. There's no substitute for the expertise you gain simply by working out the solution to a problem.
Thank you for all this very useful information. Will definitely keep it in mind next time I do something like this.
Lots of mistakes but he's young and learning and most importantly, trying to do a good job. Great video. Keep it up.
Nice job my friend. Not walnut but looks awesome! Walnut is tough. I loved this video. I will try myself. Thank you .
yeah, in case you were wondering. this is not how you bend wood.
1) normally you would wet the wood for at least 8 hours previous to bending. that is for 1mm thickness, so it should be roughly applicable you will often see people prep their wood the previous day.
2) forget about the steam. by the time you go back to your bench the effect of that steam is gone. its also a great way to completely warp your board. there are enough other ways to heat the wood. heating blankets, flat iron, heat gun, etc.
3) in general this kind of kerfing really isnt great. i know all the youtubers are obsessed with it lately, but it only really works well when under compression (which - in all fairness - it kinda is in this case). Doing a veneer lamination, proper steam or chemical bending or constructing this out of multiple pieces would all yield stronger and better looking results.
4) the glue here does almost nothing. PVA wood glue only works well with no gaps and good glueing pressure. I would be surprised if he got more than 2 or 3 mm of proper glue connection - if even. If you really gotta glue this kind of stuff use glue that can actually fill gaps. Like epoxy.
5) it would really help if you had a block in the middle which you could clamp up against. this would both help with the force you can apply, keeping the geometry and allowing you to keep it clamped to reduce springback.
6) in general bending tight corners compared to the material thickness should be done with the help of a metal sheet. this helps to apply pressure evenly, allows easy reheating and keeps wood fibers from ripping out,
etc etc. this really is more of a “how not to” than anything else. Making videos trying new stuff out is cool. Failure is part of the process. But since this is presented as a how to video i really gotta say: please look up a proper video instead unless you want to use a ton of materials and time for a crappy result
I had no idea what Kerf cutting is, thanks PS gorgeous work
BahahhHahhahaha yeah in my mind I was like WHY WOULD YOU TEST ON WALNUT!?!?!
damn, that's a struggle!! I'm concerned. Luckily, you finally made it. the results are also satisfying.
Yeah it was definitely learning on the spot haha 😄 but so worth it! Thanks for watching
WOW! Thats very impressive. Will be giving this a try for sure
Have fun!
I love the cable managment, I'm not the worst one outta here :D
Thank you! That's like 3 hours of cable management lol
final product looks awesome!
Thank you+
I've never been so tense and stressed watching a carpentry video..... was so stressed that the wood would break...lollll.... Am I the only one? Great video my friend..thanks for sharing it
Keep you on your toes haha
@@JARMade And you did a great job ! 👍
Thank you for sharing your talents and experiences. I am a woodworking stalker, too afraid to try myself! I might give this a try!
The best part about starting something new or Giving something new a try is that you can only get getter from here :)
I’m amazed,Good job well done.
Thank you!
You did well. I like it so much. 👏👏👏👏
I really like it, it's simple but beautiful & I love the colour of the stain. Very well done 😃👍❤️
Thank you!!! Not a lot of people like the stain
@@JARMade really? I'm so surprised by that, imo it's a beautiful colour! Plus people are too bloody critical imo, they tend to be hyper critical on YT as well which I don't like - I'm of the "if you can't say something nice then don't say anything at all" mindset & I think a lot of people don't realise or appreciate the amount of work that goes into something like this. So I love the stain & no one else's opinion counts if it's different from mine 😉🤣🤣🤣
Imagine cutting it to place a LED light, would look futuristic.
Amazing job.
Why was I all tense when he was bending the second one??? I’m with ya bud!!!!! Great work! Gives me an idea!
I haven't seen it in the comment section but another tip is to flood the cuts with glue before you start bending. This will make sure that there is something in those voids to take the weight of the TV/Monitor. That glue looks like its PVA based, so it is water soluble while its wet. I'd water it down very slightly so it penetrates into the cuts and into the wood. Might even add some fine sawdust to it.
Great video. Showing how it went wrong makes it so much more relatable 👍
Patience is a virtue my friend. Let it soak longer and it will bend easier. But nice work none the less 👌
I don't believe that this piece will last very long, but I respect the effort and experimentation.
It's It's almost a year and still going strong
You got me on : "I've learned this the hard way " LOL!
Came out pretty cool, it is something I am going to try. I did see someone else do this with 3/4" stock and he made 1/4" cuts and had no trouble with the bends, he didn't even soak or steam it. Good job.
Never thought i would watch a guy bending his wood...
1st time for everything lmao
I can’t help it, I giggle every time you say, “bending the wood.”
The office cut scenes were brilliant. Btw.
Thank you 🙂
You made poplar look like walnut. WOW! Wouldn’t change a thing
You were one the right track. You can use a hot water kettle and a plastic bag to steam the wood.
For filling the gaps in the groove, saw dust can be mixed with glue while filling and applied in the bent portion to fill any remaining gaps. A bit more saw would not harm.
Great effort, always steam and alway bend using a jig so you don’t over bend it. And of course always take into account when you remove anything from a jig it always relaxes back a degree or two.
Dude... I've been trying to find videos in bending wood. Now i found one thank you.
You're welcome. Hopefully it was helps you on your build
Thank you. I think it will.
Fun factits almost the same process with bend square pipes/tubes. Minus the steaming and welding instead of glue.
Brilliant man wow,,,,,,,,,South Africa
loving this video bcs of the office reference XD
Nice finish
pretty neat monitor stand
Thank you !
So kewl bro. Tip i hav is to use a garment steamer. Will makes it much more easier.
Great job man. Turned out looking really good.
I’m watching the sanding start and thinking, “Ah man… I think I’d have sanded before I bent it.” Seconds later… “Do yourself a favor and sand before you bend anything.”
Looks really good! And I think the mahogany stain on the poplar got it to exactly what you were hoping for. Great work!
Brother you have a patient hand. I swear if I heard that walnut crack when it was time to bend, the broken off piece would end up sticking out of the drywall after I flew it across the room.
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It looks beautiful!
Thank you!
It looks premium
Awesome video, professional grade looking monitor stand.
Thank you !
A+ for effort. Bet you learned a ton from doing the project. You should make another one and tack the finished one on the end of this video. That will shut up the nay sayers and trolls. Cheers.
that looks awesome. I like how you are open about any missteps you've made and made recommendations
keep em coming
Boiling water helps with bending wood when you can pour it over the wood I've learned! Also, mixing up sawdust, distilled water and your wood glue makes for a great filler material!!😁
Very cool !!! You've inspired me ! Thanks !
Thank you
I have just begun joinery. This looks great. Will try in the future.
This looks amazing
Thank you!!!
Really cool effect 😁👍🏻
Well done. Looks good.
Thank you!
Bro you are probably The Last Wood Bender...
Probably. Hopefully we get some more wood benders after they watch this video lol 😆
Nice! Well done!
Good video. I and my son like it
I like your style very much
awesome work and awesome endresult!
Thank you!
Dry cool process.
That turned out really nice. It would work well as just a 90° bend on the ends also.
💯👍🏻👍🏻
90° was my plan D haha
Well done and great perseverance. Not sure Walnut would ever work but damn good try. I even liked your rights free music.
Thank you Chris I appreciate the feedback!
Awesome trick
Awesome👍👏😊 working
At first the fear of messing up. Get rid of fear you have the strength to overcome its really simple.
Your pup through the warp pipe was so amazing that I had to subscribe solely on that!! You are also very talented at everything you do!
Thank you!!
This is cool but yea if you do build a cheep steam box you will be in the money shot. You need the heat and the pressure for it to work right. As for your question, most wood glue cleans up with water before it’s dry so if you steam first, bend and let set for a couple days just to be sure than I would put glue in the sides and than put your veneer on over the glue and do what you did after that. You need an hour of steam per inch or so. So if they are 3/4” than 45mins and you want the temp in the steam to be like 260 270ish, 212 where it’s bowling is just not hot enough which is why your walnut is doing that :( . Hope that helps. That’s a rad monitor stand, I like it
good. Hope you sell it to somebody cause its fantastice 😉
The lignin between the wood fibers is brittle when it is cold, and the fibers themselves when they are dry. As your excellent video illustrates.
Good photography
Super creativity and innovation.
s a d a
Thank you!!
Nice result! Well done :)
Thank you! It was a lot of fun
looks pretty
Quite impressive!
That is a piece of art. Great job!
I just bought an ergotron lx, best purchase for my gaming setup
Nicely done!
Thank you!