A Half-yearly Peer Reviewed Journal of Bangladesh Forest Research Institute
Twenty timber species were investigated for the determination of steam bending properties. Presteamed solid wood could satisfactorily be bent by using a suitable hand bending device. A 30 minutes’ steaming period was found adequate to bend 1.27 cm thick wood to a reasonable degree. Sharp bends could conveniently be made in wood of very hard nature at 60 minutes’ steaming. The timber species under investigation were classified into three categories based on their bending properties