Beautiful WOOD BENDING experiment // First time win.

How to KERF BEND solid wood quickly and easily using just a circular saw.

There are three different ways to bend both plywood and solid wood. This video outlines the process of KERF BENDING. The process was actually very easy and didn't require any large tools. You make a series of kerf cuts in your wood depending on the radius that you wish to achieve. See the link below for a handy calculator. The cut depth is around 95% of the way through the wood leaving a skin thin enough to allow the wood to bend but not break. As the KERF BENDING experiment was a success I decided to build it into what I am calling a DRAWBOX. I didn't have any plans and it came out surprisingly well. It actually looks quote stylish. In my opinion.

But...What can I use it for??

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Here is the link to the site I used to space out my KERF CUTS

https://www.blocklayer.com/kerf-spacing

00:00 Intro
00:21 Kerf Cutting
00.54 Bending, Gluing and Clamping.
02:41 Filling the open Kerfs
03:21 superglue Cleanup
03:39 Second Kerf Cutting
05:13 Gluing the Kerfs Together
06:00 Clean-up
08:00 Fitting the Centre Pieces
09:39 Brass Dowels
10:21 Making a Draw
11:33 Draw front and Veneered back
14:17 Finishing and Outro

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