More bending...

Another three hours of bending. But I get the hang of it. The progress was lot better. The basic shapes are already there:

But being too confident has some drawbacks to. When bending when the wood is not hot enough results in cracks in the wood. I got some here and there:

Luckily these cracks can be mended. First you have to glue them down and then sand the ridges away. One difficult point is the cut-away. This is a very tight curve. I have a crack precisely at this point. I will let the wood dry first which should get the tension in the wood away. Next time I will try to get the cut-way in place. It is now up to: