From a comment on a Hugh Prather video on youtube in 2014
At the museum, I saw an exhibit of large sculptures of logs cut from tree trunks that were bent and tied in knots. When we work wood to bend it to a form (for rocking chairs and other wood working crafts) we steam the wood. After soaking with hot steam, we bend it a small amount and fix the wood to a peg board and let it dry. After a while, we steam the wood again and bend it a little more and fix the new shape to a peg board and let it dry. Over time, we can bend the wood into a right angle. If we had tried to force the wood into a right angle all at once, the board would snap in two.
"Slow and steady wins the race." - The Turtle
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William Schaeffer
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