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how-to-build-a-steam-box-for-wood-45 Larger steam boxes require a greater volume of steam to adequately heat them and will take longer to reach full temperature. Your steam box needs to be tight, but not too tight. The hot steam needs to flow through the steam box not just into it. If your box is too tight, it will build up pressure and explode. If it is too loose, it will never reach temperature.  The general rule when steaming is to cook the wood for one hour in the box for every 1" of thickness. Play it safe when working around steam. Use gloves. If you generate steam using an open flame (like a turkey fryer propane burner or other device), be very careful! Consult a book, DVD or online sources to find out more about how to do steam bending successfully. Caution!! Working with steam is dangerous.****. I built a much smaller plywood steam box a while back using that same Karcher unit. I used it to bend oak, ash, pine and small branches, mostly very well, after steaming them for about 20 minutes each. (See oak test below). I was using mm strips about mm long. I'm guessing you're working with thicker stock? In this case you'll probably need to leave it for more than half an hour. A few pointers for how you might get better results and reduce steaming time  As mentioned by the comment above, the steam port is in the middle. Try running the steam parallel to the wood strips, by putting the port at one of those ends. I reckon the end grain exposed at either end is the most porous surface, and it should give you better flow too. I loosely sealed the other side to vent the flowing steam. Here's a handful of ideas for building a simple steam box for steaming and bending wood. December 9,   I think steaming the individual flitches first and then letting them set before I glue them up in the final press will help make the glue-up process go much smoother eliminating a lot of the spring back. I’m looking for some ideas about steam box design and construction. Aside from using an electric heat coil versus an open flame to generate the heat I’m open to whatever ideas you can offer. Forum Responses (Furniture Making Forum) From contributor D: I use a five gallon steel bucket (the kind my lacquer comes in) with a 3/4" pipe flange mounted on the lid to boil the water, using a propa. It's really easy to leave on the heat when you're done bending wood. Size of the steam box depends on the length and diameter of the wood that you intend to bend. A steam box has been on my to-make list for years, but I had never considered making it with insulation like this. Steam was provided from a boiler through a pipe. Put the final two layers of insulation on the top and screw down the top piece of plywood.

When the light disappears, you have found the hole. Set your pot up on the heater that you will be using. Screw some legs to the sides of the open end of the box so that it is level with the top of the pot. The level steam box is important so that the lid of the steam box makes a good seal with the top of the cooking pot.

If you're not that ambitious, you can just pile stuff under the open end of the steambox to raise it to the right elevation. When you're all set, fill your pot two thirds full of water, turn on the heater and wait for the water to boil. After the water has come to a boil, the steam box still takes a little while to heat up.

Once you get a good flow of steam coming out of the end of the box, you're ready to heat and bend. One quarter inch thick ribs heat up in under 5 minutes. Thicker stock takes longer. Heat has to travel from the surface of the wood to the interior. Keep in mind that some woods bend better than others.

White oak, red oak, ash and poplar all bend well. Straight grain is important as well. If you have rain running out of the face of the board, your wood will most likely break where the grain runs out. It's really easy to leave on the heat when you're done bending wood. Eventually, the water all evaporates, the pot becomes hot and the plywood starts smoking.

Good way to start a fire. The placement of the wire could be made easier by drilling of the holes and placing the wire As you assemble the steambox rather than after screwing the box together. Question 2 years ago. I have parts and pieces at my disposal that would allow me to make a steam tube that would SAFELY hold psi of pressure in the tube. That's my theory anyway. I was wondering if you know of anyone who has tried this approach?

Am I wasting time? The wood I want to bend is approximately 1" thick. Any suggestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Answer 2 years ago. Waste of time. The most important factor is moisture content of the wood - the higher the moisture content the lower temp is required to loosen the bond between the lingin and fibers allowing the wood to be bent.

Putting a higher flow of steam or more constant, uniform coverage into the box might be a cheaper way of speeding it up. But speeding it up too much might not turn out well - just like turning the oven up to cook food quicker. Question 3 years ago on Introduction.

Could a steam box be used to straighten a warped guitar neck? I would think that a box could be constructed that would contain only the neck portion that needs to be straightened, and which allows the guitar body and the head where the tuning pegs are to extend out opposite ends of the box. Would there be an easier way? Also, it might be tricky to get it to cool to retain a true and straight shape. A straight jig would be important I'm sure.

Anything else? Or is the whole idea just a waste of time, trying to fix something that is already toast? Thanks, pquin3. Reply 3 years ago. I saw a technique for bending the sides of the body of a musical instrument using a wet rag around a large soldering iron. The wood is worked back and forth across the saturated cloth covered iron while applying pressure to bend it around the iron. I bought my kettle from Lee Valley see Source, below.

It came with an aluminum pipe to direct steam into the box. Any electric kettle with a cylindrical spout for inserting a pipe or attaching a hose will do. The pipe enters at an angle, so make the hole oblong photo, below left.

Attach guide blocks to help direct the pipe into the hole after you refill the kettle. Drill a tight-fitting hole for a meat thermometer near one door. It should remain above degrees throughout the steaming cycle.

One end should be higher to ensure that condensation flows to the drain holes. To accommodate the Lee Valley kettle, I propped one end of the box on a block 9 in. Then I attached the legs. Add two-piece doors to the ends. Your measurements for the sides will be different than mine, but you'll again cut four 60" pieces, and then cut them in half.

Once that's done cut them to fit in between your guides and press them in between the pipe and the plywood. Put the final two layers of insulation on the top and screw down the top piece of plywood. Take your two 14" x 14" pieces of plywood and cut a 6.

Screw one onto the front and one onto the back. Hook up your steam source and insert the wood you wish to bend. I also recommend placing something under the tail end of the box so the condensation can drip out of the front rather than pooling inside. Place a towel over the front opening but leave a small gap to allow steam to escape so it doesn't build up pressure.

In this case I've made 90 degree bend over a 5 foot section. Question 5 months ago on Step 6. Answer 5 months ago. As these were mostly tapered, I always went with the thickest end for time.

Question 2 years ago. I must make one soon, I do not think the insulation matters, but it might, and is cheap. The ancients and certainly the not quite so ancients dod not have it and they steam bend big things, like beams on a ship made from barely shaped tree "stems".

I want to make walking sticks and canes, this will fit the bill. Get a jig ready and make some steamed wood a la king! Throw in a nice berenaise sauce Insulation is useful to contain heat or cold for a longer period, not for steaming small pieces of wood such as yours or even bigger boards such as in the boating industry. For bigger board there was a very long big box made of solid wood not plywood and held together by strong fittings.

Steam was provided from a boiler through a pipe.

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