This site explains a lot about the bending characteristics of certain types of wood, I will also include a few sites on how to bend wood.
Stock Selection
The U.S. Forest Service has evaluated 25 hardwood species for relative bending quality. In their testing, the best 17 woods were: Hackberry (Best)
White Oak
Red oak
Chestnut oak
Magnolia
Pecan
Black walnut
Hickory
Beech
Elm
Willow
Birch
Ash
Sweetgum
Soft maple
Yellow-poplar
Hard maple (Worst) This ranking represents the results from one evaluation; variation in the results can be expected from tree to tree and site to site. # http://www.allwoodwork.com/article/woodwork/methods_of_bending_wood.htm
# http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Rx_For_Bending_Wood.html# http://www.valuecreatedreview.com/bentwood.htm # http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-steambox-for-bending-wood/# http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/ww_decorative_furnishings/article/0,,diy_14441_2277640,00.html
Gnarl could be considered a synonym for a bend or twist in wood. Gnarl: "The ancient, gnarled oak tree."
Warp. It happens. Sometimes what looks like a perfectly good stud or board will warp. Some just have to be replaced.
ringlet, lock, twist, spiral, coil, kink, whorl, rimp, wave, perm, bend
Warp means twist or bend out of shape.
spin
twist, rope
Wring.
Deformed, gnarled, misshapen, perverted, warped, awry...
Yes
A wood ruler should not be able to bend. If a wooden ruler bends it is probably not pure wood.
anoher word for bend is... warp twist kneed break joint
to bend the wood it needs to be a flexible plywood so you can bend it. and the way you bend is you get the ply wood and put it in a bended place of how you want to bend it then glue it and something needs to hold it for more than 12 hours. by marten.g
Spine
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