04-07-2020, 10:11 AM
I had some success with making curved ash pieces that are fixed to the hood frame on my Riley. The device I borrowed was simply a piece of 4" plastic sewer pipe with capped ends and a large wallpaper stripper. The piece of wood was popped in the tube and the ends capped. the wallpaper steamer turned on and the wood inserted into the pipe and I would have a cup of tea. The resulting piece of ash was then clamped to a former and allowed to cool. I was amazed how effective the process was, even for a rank amateur as myself... As Charles said, you do have to work quite quickly and 'over bend' a little....