So as to not further hijack the mills/beveller thread, I'll take the discussion over here.
"My friend Chris says "The key to steaming is to heat the presses prior to pressing - keeping them warm" and I suspect he is correct. I concluded that steam alone is not warm enough to soften bamboo. The press itself needs to be HOT. Tim Abbott and I worked for months on my steaming system and never were able to make it work reliably. I really appreciate Tim's guidance, patience and efforts. "
And if the press is hot does it not take forever for the node to cool enough to maintain the pressed configuration once it's removed from the press?
I suspect I'm missing something - some say I miss a lot.
Thanks, Henry.
"My friend Chris says "The key to steaming is to heat the presses prior to pressing - keeping them warm" and I suspect he is correct. I concluded that steam alone is not warm enough to soften bamboo. The press itself needs to be HOT. Tim Abbott and I worked for months on my steaming system and never were able to make it work reliably. I really appreciate Tim's guidance, patience and efforts. "
And if the press is hot does it not take forever for the node to cool enough to maintain the pressed configuration once it's removed from the press?
I suspect I'm missing something - some say I miss a lot.
Thanks, Henry.
and avoid all the issues with nodes - still make a few of them upon customer
request and special models.
