Bending the ribs

Bending the ribs

Bending the ribs

I just can’t seem to take enough pictures! Hard to be learning, working, figuring and also trying to document. We’ve been bending the ribs on a large iron John heats on his gas stove. Constantly running back and forth from the kitchen to the shop. Bending is hard work. John does most of this for me. I’m afraid of breaking the wood. It’s amazing what it can take. It’s amazing the way you can take a straight piece of maple and make it do tricks.