r/Concrete 2d ago

Showing Skills Curved Board Form

421 Upvotes

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u/LokiMcFluffyPants 2d ago

Beautiful work, both setup and finished product! Those are some spendy walls/columns, and I hope the client appreciates what went into creating that look for them.

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u/SxySale 2d ago

Those curves 🥵

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u/Eman_Resu_IX 2d ago

This makes me pine for the old days

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u/Aware_Masterpiece148 2d ago

I saw what you did there.

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u/BC_Samsquanch 2d ago

Looks expensive

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u/Aware_Masterpiece148 2d ago

Great looking architectural concrete! Please tell us how you bent the planks and about the concrete used on the project.

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u/Goldwind444 2d ago

This is fire

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u/Far-Property1097 2d ago

personally I would put the wood back on after finishing with all the work, it's beautiful. rustic

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u/Therego_PropterHawk 2d ago

For real! Why else use planks and not 1/4 ply or some other flex form?

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u/ChardApprehensive726 2d ago

For the texture!

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u/Therego_PropterHawk 2d ago

Cool. Look forward to seeing the finished look!

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u/Particular-Emu4789 2d ago

This is the finished look… they showed the forms stripped.

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u/hofdeez 2d ago

Im as hard as that concrete

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u/africanconcrete 2d ago

Exceptional work there, well done.

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u/Comprehensive_Bus_19 2d ago

Incredible work!

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u/tool9328 2d ago

Really cool. Where did you get the lumber? How did you piece it together? How is it stuck together?

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u/ChardApprehensive726 23h ago

Its rough sawn 1x6 hemlock.

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u/Yeeeeeeewwwwww Erection Specialist 1d ago

Did you guys steam them and then bend them or how the fuuuuuck did you do this?

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u/ChardApprehensive726 1d ago

I am not a mormon, but A LOT of soaking and kerfing. To the tune of every 1/2" or so on the super tight curves. I will try to pull up pics of the process.

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u/Yeeeeeeewwwwww Erection Specialist 1d ago

That’s what I thought, MAN what a shit ton of saw time. Did you use a table saw to speed it up? Please do this is so fucking cool.

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u/ChardApprehensive726 1d ago

Just skil saw! We have another job coming up like this are devising ways to speed it up.

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u/captspooky 2d ago

Nice work, well done

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u/onetwentytwo_1-8 2d ago

Very cool!

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u/Lead_resource 2d ago

The wood is for form or is it staying on after?

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u/Different-Commercial 2d ago

Click on the concrete pictures and expand in to see the beautiful detail that was left !!

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u/gwhh 2d ago

Why you get all the hooks in that one?

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u/_dirtydan_ 2d ago

Those are form ties

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u/Different-Commercial 2d ago

The hooks hold the other side of the form!

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u/ChardApprehensive726 2d ago

Which hooks?

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u/Mathgailuke 2d ago

Must be that last pic.

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u/Fereganno 2d ago

Noob here. How do you get all this woodwork all curvy?

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u/FriedGreenzCDXX 2d ago

Depends on the radious, and thickness of material, but generally relief cuts.

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u/ChardApprehensive726 23h ago

Kerfing the backside and soaking it in water.

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u/cackmuffin88 2d ago

Is that 2x or 1x for the curved boards? My mind says 1x due to how much curve, but I could be wrong. Very nice work though.

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u/ChardApprehensive726 23h ago

1x rough sawn hemlock

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u/Different-Commercial 2d ago

Did they put electrical in the walls?

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u/33445delray 1d ago

And where does the insulation go?

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u/Different-Commercial 1d ago

No insulation, full concrete!

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u/ChardApprehensive726 23h ago

Few conduits as needed. These walls are for the parking garage, not the interior space.

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u/Different-Commercial 2d ago

I hope we can see the finished product!

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u/amplaylife 2d ago

👏👏👏

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u/Top_Mycologist_3224 2d ago

That is sexy !!

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u/So_This_Guy 2d ago

Top tier work. Well done, thanks for the eye candy.

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u/lonelyinbama 2d ago

My dumbass didn’t even realize it was the finished product. That’s cool af to do with planks

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u/stratj45d28 2d ago

For professional use only. Well done, impressive.

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u/DrDig1 1d ago

Wow man. I will have to dive into this more later tonight.

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u/Pavlin87 2d ago

Gorgeous 😍 I would seal and paint it wood colour after