Revolutionary Bendable Plywood! Bent Lamination Made Easy!

UPM Grada Thermo-formable Plywood!

This plywood is revolutionary! It is the biggest development in the plywood industry since the 1960s. For decades plywood has just been a very stable, rigid and flat sheet material, now with UPM Grada you’re able to heat up a sheet and bend it into any position you like! This has completely changed the furniture production industry, the main traditional process used for curved components in furniture is bent lamination. This is very time consuming since you have to machine many thin layers of veneer, grade them, mix glue, apply the glue and layer up the veneers to be pressed. But now with UPM Grada it takes all those processes away, you simply heat the panel and bend it into shape!

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[chuckwest]

Dude... you just blew my mind with this Video. So excited to try and get some in Seattle. I have no idea what I will build...lol. stay well

[TheGbow]

The possibilities with this product are endless, thanks for sharing this

[robertcole]

Hi

Fascinating product, but it seems limited to the size of oven available to you, determining the size of plywood you can bend.

Such a pity

Robert

[sadguru]

Hey buddy I love your presentation and the background music keep it up dude !

[fjelstednord]

this is cool but, how do you heat up larger pieces?

[laroseauxboisrosewoodwoodw]

Hey you know what you’ve proved that the saying of, we learn all our life, was once again applyed for me 😉👍🏼 Thx love it when i’m blown away by a good learning 😜

[bluehoo]

I am glad you mentioned this product. I haven’t kept up with all the newer developments in the woodworking world ( I’m a dinosaur ) however I can think of numerous uses for this product. Thanks again. By the way your a very talented young man it’s nice to see the youngsters coming through the trade.

[chrisdemeglio]

Is this sold in the United States? All your videos are amazing. Very talented

[worklion]

Way to change the world for boat design...

[Pricklysauce]

Really interesting...I haven’t come across this product...used flexible ply before though needs a support framework...I can see I might use this...big thanks 👏👏

[djameldeneche]

Hello ; how to glue the hpl veneer with the wood sheets of a hot bent chair pressing with the high frequency press machine ? Thanks a lot in advance

[ChrisFranklyn]

1:52 Look at that press, look how happy it is!

[ballybarn]

Very cool. Price wise how does it compare to standard Baltic birch prices in the U.K.

[AndyCPugh]

That is awesome and presents so many possibilities!

[TheWoodgineer]

Awesome, not heard of this stuff before anything I’ve done with bent ply in the past has been a massive faff! I’ve got a James Latham down the road from me in Fareham so might see if they can sort some out for me to try :)

[Thesidingsworkshop]

Interesting video mate looks a decent product 👍

[tomwinters]

Sean Evelegh where can I buy UPM Grada plywood ? I have not, so far, been able to find any UK supplier nor have I had a reply from the manufacturers when I sent them an enquiry.

[lukiejacko]

Is there a video or website that shows how they use this with bigger pieces of the plywood am just wondering how i could bend larger pieces that wont fit in a oven

[francmlinaric]

What is that chair at 6:53? I would like to know more about that,

[gedreillyhomestead]

I thought bendable plywood had been around for a number of years (one direction only ) 😕 This certainly looks like an interesting product though if its affordable. 👍 😎