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   Piffin | Jun 10, 2003 05:24am | #1

   It's used for snowshoes with a toe tip of about 4" or so radius.

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   Jamie_Buxton | Jun 10, 2003 08:40pm | #2

   Zachary Taylor, in a book called Wood Benders Handbook (Sterling Publishing) has a table of steam-bent radii by species.   He says that American ash 1" thick can be bent to a 4.5" radius when bent with a compression strap. 

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   JimBennett | Jun 10, 2003 11:32pm | #3

   Thanks, maybe I can get a 3/4 in around a 4" radius then? Do you happen to know where I might've seen that chart? It's drivin' me nuts!