[simpits-tech] Handy Bendy MDF

[Rod Dale]

Marc,
You sure you don't mean masonite ? MDF as I know it is made up of fibres 
and DOESN'T like being WET at all .
Rod

At 11:45 AM 5/28/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Kevin, I use 1/8'' MDF wet it with hot water and it works great. That's what
>I did with my fathers home made throttle
>
>Marc..
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kevin Foisy" <kevin.foisy@stealthbits.com>
>To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:06 AM
>Subject: RE: [simpits-tech] Handy Bendy MDF
>
>
> >
> > 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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