U.S. Navy Training Film Bending Oak Techniques Woodworking Norfolk Naval Shipyard 95474 (1949)

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This black & white educational/training film is about bending oak billets to make bent wood for proper boat construction. Its copyright is September 1949 and was made by the US Navy. Opening titles: Nonclassified, US Navy Training Film - Bending Oak Techniques (:08-:55). Wood is lined up. Mountains with wood, Lebanon Cedar wood. Other trees. Roots of the wood afford maximum strength. More tall trees in the woods. White Oak wood is very durable and can be bent for a boat frame. Many boatyards have this wood. A white oak tree (:56-3:17). Tree and then a pile of lumber. Huge slabs of lumber piled. Navy Department inspector requirement paperwork. Thick lumber pieces. A faulty bending technique can cause splits and breaks. Norfolk Naval Shipyard sign. Boat shop. A boat emerges from the boat shop (3:18-5:11). Bending oak is stockpiled in the yard. Lumber pieces close up. Pieces of straight lumber. Specifications of what is good lumber to be bent is explained (5:12-6:41). A moisture machine. A steamboat. Billets are steamed here. A close on the face of a clock. A bending table all set up: its a slab of cast iron checkered with square holes. Bent wood on the table. Different sides of the table. How to bend wood is shown and explained (6:42-10:02). Billet is properly steamed and removed. Face of a clock. Sheet iron is placed onto a side of the billet. Billet is put into the bending machine. More bending is explained (10:03-12:07). The wood is snug against the machine. The curve is…

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16 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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