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Bending/fexible wood

You might want to create bending/flexible area on your laser cutting models, to make boxes, curved wood objects.

This can be done in various ways. Depending on the pattern, you could make the wood bend in 1 or 2 directions.

 

1 way bending

For hinges, curved hedges : 

image.pnghttps://www.core77.com/posts/36481/adventures-in-laser-kerf-bending

 

2 way bending, double curvature

For flexible surfaces, more complex objects  : 

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https://www.instructables.com/Curved-laser-bent-wood/

https://lab.kofaktor.hr/en/portfolio/super-flexible-laser-cut-plywood/

https://www.instructables.com/Super-flexible-duble-curvature-surface-laser-cut-p/

https://www.core77.com/posts/36481/adventures-in-laser-kerf-bending