Fig. 2711.
Fig. 2712.
Fig. 2713.
Suppose we require to bend a piece to a half circle, and after it has been boiled, steamed, or heated with a dry heat it is placed in an iron strap, such as shown in [Fig. 2710], having an eye at each end in which a hook may be inserted to hold the piece in shape (after it is bent) until it is dry again. The piece with this strap on its outside or uppermost surface is laid on the former or forming piece shown in [Fig. 2711], which has a projection at a, fitting into the recess a of the bending block in [Fig. 2712]. On the outside of the piece is then placed the strap, shown in [Fig. 2713], its blocks of wood fitting to the ends of the piece to be bent.
