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Stop Fighting Materials That Don’t Want to Bend
January 22, 2026Bending wood and panel materials has long been one of the most frustrating—and failure-prone—challenges in fabrication. Designers envision smooth curves and flowing forms, but fabricators are often left wrestling with materials that were never meant to bend predictably. Traditional approaches like bending luan, hand-kerfing, CNC kerfing, or forcing plywood into submission promise flexibility, yet too often collapse under real-world demands.

