I'm too lazy/ busy to type it again.
https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthread...Main=118309&Number=805504#Post805504If you have the knowledge already, build a wooden bending form, and bend it around. You'll want to bend longer stock than just what you need to make the circle, and for a radius that tight, I'd use a flexible steel backer to prevent tears.
Ash bends nice, as does white oak, live oak, swamp oak, mahogany, douglas fir, and many others. You can look up the woods you might be interested in, in the Wood engineering handbook.
I should say too, I don't mean to sound like a jack-[censored]. If you want, I'll write a detailed description tonight. Just let me know.
Last edited by Mr. Lang; 02/04/2012 9:32 PM.
