re: Missed the curves contest by a few days :(

It is inspiring isn’t it? What I mean by that is I was inspired by Ianwater’s bent lamination project too. It’s really easy to understand and to do and you can easily and up with really great looking results. I think if I do this again it will be with a hardwood. The edges of the lamination -and the ends as well -are really beautiful after cleaning up. Exposing the top of the leg, for example, could be a really beautiful design element. With my Douglas fir tubafor strips, somehow I accidentally ended up crossing the grain patterns so that the ends looked like a zig zag. It looked great. Some actual planning could make it appear really beautiful.