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How lamination bends what steam cannot

Thin layers bend cold and are glued in a curved form, so the stack holds a curve a solid steamed blank would break on.

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From the opening

Lamination bends a curve by gluing thin plies together in the shape you want, each ply thin enough to flex without steam. The stack can take bends, thicknesses, and species that a single steamed blank would fracture trying to match. The opening covers thin plies bend without steam, glue locks the curved stack, and tight radii need thinner layers.

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Inside

Thin plies bend without steam
Glue locks the curved stack
Tight radii need thinner layers
The edge shows the glue lines
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

Sources

Bent lamination on a form
Thickness limit in solid steam bending

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How lamination bends what steam cannot

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