Detailed, hands-on how-to info on a very rich manufacturing process that is rarely attempted by DIYers. Instructables user pseaton covers the process of designing and building your own molded plywood forms all the way from initial design considerations, through mold construction and veneer pre-treatment, to actually laying up the veneers and cleaning up the finished form. Very cool stuff, especially if you’ve got access to a CNC router that can accelerate construction of the mold parts. Bent Plywood Night Stands More:Use a vacuum clearner to build your own skateboardHow-To: Plycycle!How-To: Bent laminate lamp – Making a bending form Send this to friendYour emailRecipient emailShow All ItemsThe Bent Plywood Chair is part of a broader study I'm up to experimenting with ergonomics- trying different materials and construction methods using the dimensions and posture of Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavillion Chair (1929). This one is made using 3/4" plywood and kerf bending for smooth contours.
Step 1: Tools & MaterialsShow All ItemsTools-•20V Black & Decker Matrix Driver•Black & Decker Matrix Circular Saw attachment•Black & Decker Matrix Jigsaw attachment•20V MAX* Lithium Drill/Driver with Autosense Technology•4-in-1 SmartSelect Multi Sander•Various clamps•Straight edge (I used a 5' aluminum level)Materials-•1X4'X8' sheet of 3/4" finish grade maple veneer plywood•Wood stain•Wood putty•Satin spray-on Polyurethane•Sandpaper, glue, spray adhesive, countersunk screws•Paper template (4'X8' sheet)Dsgn FurnitureFurniture FlatNomadic FurnitureFurniture ModularFurniture DetailFurniture BuildingFurniture DesignFurniture IdeaDiy Cardboard ChairForwardcould be cool for a college kid to have a whole room based on this knock down style. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number.
Check out this featured resource for your guide to tools and how to use them. Bent Ply: The Art of Plywood Furniture Available from these sellers. The authoritative illustrated history of modern plywood furniture. -- The Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2005 Dung Ngo is author of American Contemporary Furniture.Eric Pfeiffer is head designer for Offi, a home and home office furniture company specializing in bent plywood. Browse the New York Times best sellers in popular categories like Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Books and more. Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition (October 1, 2003) 7.4 x 1 x 10.1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,447,244 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Houseware & Dining > Furniture in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Home Improvement & Design > How-to & Home Improvements > Woodworking > Projects in Books > Arts & Photography > Graphic Design > Techniques
45 star75%4 star25%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer ReviewsTHE BEST ON PLYWOOD|Plywood Makes for a Really Hardback Bookbent plywood process described Mid-Century Modern Furniture: Shop Drawings & Techniques for Making 29 Projects PlyDesign: 73 Distinctive DIY Projects in Plywood (and other sheet goods) Wood Bending Made Simple (Made Simple (Taunton Press))Simpel FurnitureFancy FurnitureFurniture LampsFurniture DesignerCreative FurnitureDesign FurnitureBritish 1899British ModernistBending PlywoodForwardGerald Summers (British, 1899-1967) | Considered the most creative British Modernist furniture designer of the 20th century. His furniture was made by creating & bending 'airplane plywood' to get curved surfaces and curvilinear outlines | The back support and legs of the chair shown above are made from a single piece of bent plywood, c.1931-1940 A pair of armchairs, by British Designer Gerald Summers – famous for being the first and most innovative Briton to bend plywood in this…
Timber StairsCabin StairsTimber LoftBasement StairsBasement IdeasBeam StaircaseCottage StairsStaircase IdeasStairs RusticForwardgreat timber stairs. (I think you would have to go bigger for stairs ...I had some of these cut and stacked them Lincoln log style as a glass table base. They weren't kiln dried, so over the years they dried and cracked and got a Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Turku, Finland Bent plywood, bent laminated birch, and solid birch 26 x 23 3/4 x 34 1/2" (66 x 60.3 x 87.6 cm) Gift of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. There are 9,565 design works online. There are 639 furniture and interiors online. Admired as much for its sculptural presence as for its comfort, the Paimio Chair is a tour de force in bentwood that seems to test the limits of plywood manufacturing. The chair's framework consists of two closed loops of laminated wood, forming arms, legs, and floor runners, between which rides the seat—a thin sheet of plywood tightly bent at both top and bottom into sinuous scrolls, giving it greater resiliency.
Inspired by Marcel Breuer's tubular-steel Wassily Chair of 1927—28, Aalto chose, instead, native birch for its natural feel and insulating properties, and developed a more organic form.The Paimio Chair, the best-known piece of furniture designed by Aalto, is named for the town in southwestern Finland for which Aalto designed a tuberculosis sanatorium and all its furnishings. Used in the patients' lounge, the angle of the back of this armchair was intended to help sitters breathe more easily.Aalto's bentwood furniture had a great influence on the American designers Charles and Ray Eames and the Finnish-born Eero Saarinen. In 1935 the Artek company was established in Finland to mass-produce and distribute wood furniture designed by Aalto and his wife, Aino. Most of their designs remain in production. from The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA Highlights, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, revised 2004, originally published 1999 Licensing of MoMA images and videos is handled by Art Resource (North America) and Scala Archives (all other geographic locations).