[simpits-tech] Handy Bendy MDF

[Kevin Foisy]

Roughly how many Kerf cuts are requ'd for MDF to bend?  My deck is all MDF and while I love the stuff, it's hard to imagine it bending...it's quite dry and brittle.  

I'm looking for a solution for the rounded top of the throttle housing.  I've seen rolls of pliable wood (balsa I think) in various thicknesses that look like they'd do the trick, but if this will work it's another option.  I have lots of 1/4" MDF...if it'll bend nicely might work.

KF
-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Buckle [mailto:geneb@deltasoft.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:48 AM
To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Handy Bendy MDF


>
> I just used a couple sheets of that kerf-cut bendy MDF stuff to form the
> glareshield on my EC-135 binnacle.
>

BTW, for those that don't know, a kerf cut is used to allow you to bend a
length of wood without breaking it.  Cuts are made perpendicular to the
bend radius that do NOT completely cut through the material.  Typical
kerf cut depth is 1/2 to 3/4ths the thickness of the material.

g.


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