hood plans

[rainier29]

Does anyone know of plans for a hood for a bowfront. Doesn't have to be the 16g version (I can modify the plans to suit).

Thanks

 

[wrightme43]

Are you going to bend your own wood? I have never done that before. I dont know exactly how you cut long you would cut the wood for the bent piece. I Would think it would be best to take a string, wrap it around the bend of the tank, measure the string so you would have your inner wood length. Once you have that made the rest would be easy.
Sorry I cant be more help here. I just have never done it.
Just didnt want you to think nobody saw your post.
Steve

 

[rainier29]

Not sure if I'm going to bend it or what. I was hoping somebody had done it before and could stear me in the right direction.

 

[DonW]

Ive done many bent forms. It all depends on your woodworking skills and tooling. Laminations are probably the easiest.

Don

 

[wrightme43]

Well there is another way, I have been thinking on how to do it. I will be glad to lay out the idea for you, if you want. Here is the rub. It will look like a retangular top but be cut bowfront underneath. I dont think it will flow well with the stand.
It would be easier to make though.
Steve

 

[snobanker]

There several ways to "bend wood" You can make a glulam, like Don suggested. You need strips of wood, glue, and if possible a press made out of some dimensional lumber. You can steam bend wood, but that is not optimum. You can also back cut the board with a lot of saw kerfs that allows it to bend. As Don said though...it depends on your skill in woodworking. I'd personally use the glulam method. There are a lot of books and websites that describe any of those methods.

 

[aquarookie]

Do you have to use wood? How about making it out of black acrylic, or stainless steel or aluminum? Just an idea, not necessarily a good one

 

[rainier29]

That's an idea I suppose. I have plenty of exotic wood and lots of tools though. I think I would prefer wood (pun intended).