Comments on: Commander-in-Seat: The Gunlocke Washington http://dethroner.com/2008/11/07/commander-in-seat-the-gunlocke-washington/ Where every man is king. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:06:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Justin http://dethroner.com/2008/11/07/commander-in-seat-the-gunlocke-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-99139 Justin Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:08:50 +0000 http://dethroner.com/?p=4305#comment-99139 I visited the Gunlocke facilities in New York back in 1996 or so; they are (or at least were) the only remaining company in the U.S. that steam-bent wood. They would take surprisingly huge chunks of wood and drench them in boiling hot steam, then force them into jigs until they reached the right shape. That's how they could produce chairs with long, arching single pieces of wood making the whole back of the chair, without having to laminate it together (looks poor) or carve it out of a larger block (expensive). The website doesn't mention it at all now, which is somewhat disappointing if it's not done any more. I visited the Gunlocke facilities in New York back in 1996 or so; they are (or at least were) the only remaining company in the U.S. that steam-bent wood.

They would take surprisingly huge chunks of wood and drench them in boiling hot steam, then force them into jigs until they reached the right shape. That’s how they could produce chairs with long, arching single pieces of wood making the whole back of the chair, without having to laminate it together (looks poor) or carve it out of a larger block (expensive).

The website doesn’t mention it at all now, which is somewhat disappointing if it’s not done any more.

]]> By: W http://dethroner.com/2008/11/07/commander-in-seat-the-gunlocke-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-99137 W Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:02:12 +0000 http://dethroner.com/?p=4305#comment-99137 Makes you wonder is the Gunlocke was involved in providing any support for President Clinton with his interns. Makes you wonder is the Gunlocke was involved in providing any support for President Clinton with his interns.

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