Steam bending wood using a clothing iron 

No annoying music. No annoying introduction. No annoying narration. Excellent. Skilled man. Brilliant thank you.

No chitty-chatting, just doing it. Perfection. Thank you!

This has just given me an idea to use my heat press, especially as i can control the temperature and the time and it will heat both sides at the same time, thank you

Awesome work dude. When it comes to building whatever, I too enjoy being minimal, simple yet EFFECTIVE. All these other peeps out there spending big bucks on fancy machines and never learning to do it the way our elders did in times past. Your build looks FANTASTIC my friend.

Thank you so much, David, for posting this. For someone bending wood for the first time, it shows the essential elements needed to get the job done. I followed the steps for two strips of 2 mm width koa wood for the sides of a ukulele. 30 minutes was too long for that width. The koa was dried out and the linen touching it was barely damp. Before I cracked the wood I put that strip back in the water for another eight hours. I then ironed the 2nd strip for 15 minutes and placed the strip into the shape I needed while the wood was still wrapped in linen and foil. It worked. I had to BEND SLOWLY and let the wood ease into the bend. I let it cool and sit for eight hours before removing the linen and foil to let it air dry the rest of the way. So far, so good.

Work like this deserves good payment. That's genuine skills and techniques.

Putting another thin cloth on top of the aluminum might be a good idea so the iron slides easier but this is a fantastic method. Thank you 🙏🏼💜🇨🇦

You’re a genius. Great job and thanks for sharing

this seems like a nice, simple, cost-effective way of bending wood, i'm gonna try this method to make the sides for a guitar making project i'm working on with my brother. thanks 👍

Simple and effective! Thank you for sharing!

A very good video using the tools that most people have.

perfect! inspiring thank you very much!

"Turned out alright"!!??? It turned out bloomin lovely!! 👍

Love the result transition!

Thank you very much for sharing the process for bending wood its awesome

Very nice and practical. Glad I found this one.

Wow!!! End result looks amazing!

Thanks for sharing!

This video proved very helpful, Thank you very much

Great job.💯👌 Simply and clever and easy👌. That's the right way⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

That really help me, thank you

Your shots are really good

How hot should you have your iron for this? Newer irons don't get nearly as hot as the old ones, but I do have an old one that I can set to Wool. Is that what I should use? Thank you.

How well do you think something like this would hold up outdoors? Hoping to make a curve for top of a trellis.

End product looked great. Nice job.

Excellent

Awesome work

Whay material did you rap the wood in under the aliminum foim

Hei David... This was a really lovely build :) First time I watched a tutorial by you and subscribed... I really liked your video. Your calm way of showing how you are doing things. Also like the idea of using CC to explain the process... I would have liked a bit more information personally. The wood type, thickness. How long it took you to heat it up with the iron. Maybe even how you did the joinery. But maybe thats another video :) Anyway i really like this and will be keeping an eye out for more. Keep up the great work :)

How thick would you go with this technique ?

This is genius

Good job. Cheers

Beautiful and effective. Is this possible with only warm water soaking? I am laminating mahogany strips for the first time. They strips can't bend as far as I would like (just by a bit). So thinking of hot water soaking for a couple of hours. Before drying in the mold and lamination.

You Made it look so easy 😅

I am working on a project trying to bend a thin strip of maple. Going to give this a try. Is there a time limit on how soon you should get it into the jig before it stiffens or hardens?

Deserve more like

Hi mate,just found your chanel and I love your work!How thick can you cut that wood so you can bend it properly?Thank you and keep up the good work!

Need to describe what you’re doing. How long was the wood soaking? What material goes on the piece before the foil?

Now when heat pressing how long would you let it stay in the jig mold for and then how long until you were confident they were permanently curved

Very nice. Cooling time depends on ambient temperature and current in the stream. 😋

Would you have to steam it/soak it in water less if you had thinner wood

How long did you keep the wood in the second mold you made (when you chisrled out grooves?) thanks

how long was the oak in the river/water?

This is awesome! Do you have to use oak? Or will this work on most wood?

What setting should the iron be on?

Hey man how long did you soak your wood for? I'm trying to make a bow and arrow 🏹 and I have a stick pretty well shaped out I just wanna bend it where I want it to be before I even touch it with sandpaper again but I don't really know what I'm doing and my stick is round not flat, do you think a clothing iron might still work?

how thick a piece of wood can you use using this technique?

Amazing! 🤠✝️🇺🇸

What are you building these pieces for

Can this method be used to "fix" crooked wood planks

How thick were those? 1/2"?

Nice bow tie. More refined.

How hot did you have your iron?

Was the iron damaged at all from the aluminum?

What is thickness of wood you bend please

Fint!

You know you can afford 1/16'' wood veneers these days.

Nice detail, but I prefer it bit more explanation. "The reason why I'm doing this..." and "Be careful here..." go a long way...

Would have taken less time to build a steam box