SWB0 The Flying Dutchman

[bikewhorder]

It's starting to look like something but I have such a long way to go.

 

[Bike from the Dead]

That's going to be one incredible bike when it's done. It absolutely blows my mind how you're bending and shaping that wood into such graceful curves! Do you have to soak the wood in anything before you bend it, or is the wood a more flexible type when the pieces are cut so thin? I've only ever seen wood-bending used to make antique airplane wings, but as I recall, they only use one thin layer of wood that's been soaked in water, and then it retains whatever form it's been bent to as it dries.