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   DaveHeinlein | Apr 25, 2002 02:39am | #1

   I doubt you will have much luck steam bending solid Doug Fir, it is quite brittle and has a tendency to de- laminate, for lack of a better term. The summer and winter wood seperate, leaving a sharp edge up ready for a splinter. I have done bent laminations with it, though, and it worked very well. Use the tightest, straightest grain you can find, and I stress tightest because the older growth wood with very fine rings splits and chips a lot less. When you do a glue up, make sure all the grain runs the same direction so clean up(milling) is a lot easier with less chipping.