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Although I realize this may have been already done, I’ll give you another method to accomplish a smooth bend. Slice the oak into slats on a band saw and laminate them back together using Titebond exterior wood glue. You could use the bending jig you already built as a clamp. Give it a few days to cure. Once dry it retain the shape better then if it was bent.