12-16-2007, 04:37 PM
You can also make a scutum from 1/4" sanded plywood available at any lumber store, and forego the glueing up process. A soak tank is helpful, because a bathtub is usually not big enough for a full sized scutum to be wetted for a couple of days. Besides, you might have to take a shower or something...
I made a soak tank from scrap wood, built a box, and lined it with black plastic sheeting. Also, I bend my wet wood, up to 2 at a time around an oil drum. Works ok. The purists don't think much of the process, I suppose, but in the end, the look is good enough for most of the folks around here, so we don't have any trouble with it. You also have to soak and bend the horizontal wood braces. You can soak both at the same time, and they will be ready when you are.
It takes a lot of space to do all that, though, and it probably ought to be done outside (when it's above freezing, of course) rather than in. You'll have at least 20-30 gallons of water in your soak tank, odds are, and you don't want that getting loose in your home. :wink:
I made a soak tank from scrap wood, built a box, and lined it with black plastic sheeting. Also, I bend my wet wood, up to 2 at a time around an oil drum. Works ok. The purists don't think much of the process, I suppose, but in the end, the look is good enough for most of the folks around here, so we don't have any trouble with it. You also have to soak and bend the horizontal wood braces. You can soak both at the same time, and they will be ready when you are.
It takes a lot of space to do all that, though, and it probably ought to be done outside (when it's above freezing, of course) rather than in. You'll have at least 20-30 gallons of water in your soak tank, odds are, and you don't want that getting loose in your home. :wink:
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
