What Is Bentwood?

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The bentwood process works best on thinner pieces of wood that are porous enough to allow the moisture from the steam to temporarily soften the wood. The wood is placed in some sort of enclosure, which is fed with steam created from a heat source. A do-it-yourselfer can use a kettle heated on a hot plate or stove, and he can then connect the spout of the kettle with some sort of heat resistant hose to the enclosure.