How to Bend Wood – Kerf Bending Explained is your hands-on guide to transforming straight cuts into smooth curves. In this tutorial, I break down the kerf bending technique—making a series of evenly ...

In this video, I decide to bend some wood. There are various ways to accomplish bent lamination, such as steam bending, kerf cutting or the method I used which is to cut a series of thin wood ...

Editor’s note: This column originally published in 2009 was produced before Gene Wengert died in 2025. It is printed here in memoriam. Question. There’s a debate going on at our lumber yard between ...

Bending wood is a complex affair. Despite the curves inherent in trees, most wood does not naturally want to bend. There are a few tricks you can use to bend it however, such kerf cutting and steaming ...

Q: I have a corner in a home office where I want to build a corner cabinet. The question is how to make the front of the cabinet round so that the radius of the front goes from one wall to the other.