Build Update: Bending For The Deck || Dr Decks

[Music] hey guys dr. Dex here today is all about deck board bending one of my favorite things to do it's part of the art that we do here at dr. decks and there's a lot to learn about it we're just going to give you the overview it's something we have to do for work it's one of our funner things to do it's stressful but it's fun at the same time if you understand that anyway if you like what you see today don't forget to click that subscribe button hit the bell icon mmm every time you want to be notified we're putting out fresh content and if you really want to learn how to become a master heat bender like I am go visit dr. decks masterclass com check it out you can sign up and learn how to become a master heat bender and learn how to do all the cool tricks of the trade make it happen and make a special sell those clients make more money become famous world champion and be adored by everybody and beloved for here evermore and a champion a world champion okay all right man let's get into this pretty a little huh man I think she's ready yeah [Music] three two one all right so we have two boards that we've bent actually no three boards that we've bent on our first radius which is around I can't remember I think it was about ten feet eight no is eight foot ten and a half inches I think so that circumference is done we jig out our next piece we've identified the radius we need now we're attaching the form to it so that we can create the next board we have our four next two boards well we have our first board under heat and then when this one's been heating for about ten minutes and I'm going to start cranking this one up over here so we have a twenty foot a 10-footer to do on this radius then we're gonna yank the form again and create our next radius so that we can continue busting these boards out I think we got three damn that'll give us five and then we'll have four more to do after that and then I have some auxilary planks if we have time to do today for an additional client so not only when you learn how to bend decking can you increase your profit for yourself but you can start farming out work and actually getting your name out there and then other people will give your name to other contractors that want boards bent and that's what happens to me people come and bring me supplies and then I bend them for them and then I make you know up to five hundred dollars per board bending for other people and then I'm able to pick up another you know a couple grand on the side bending deck boards while I'm actually bending my own stuff I need for work as well so it kind of works out pretty good [Music] [Music] [Music] just enjoying the ride today doing a fun artistry with the maestro we need to come up with like a art name for you or something the doctor Dex alright we're getting there we've got two four or five boards done so we're halfway there we have one to do on a hundred and six inch radius and then we have going to do it a hundred eight inch radius and then we have a real funky one to do so that when Todd ought to be Rue and resting this is a template for our upper deck board that we need to bend and instead of bending three different radiuses I'm kind of try I'm gonna try to bend three radiuses and one deck board I've only done it one other time but you have to make a complex pattern to be able to do it so that's kind of what I'm doing right now is is cutting out the shape and it was soaking wet and pouring down rain yesterday when we got to this point and so when I rolled up my cardboard form and threw it in my shop last night it dried into a circle and now I took like a rollup circle cylinder high a cylinder sure and it kind of fell apart when I unrolled it so half of it is okay so we're gonna tape that continuing taping that together and cut this part out and then we have a couple boards to bend and then we'll get back to trying to figure out where the rest of this template goes I kind of made a boo-boo so it is what it is and I had a couple of gypsies working on a door on this house I was working on and they're like hey we use your round board like they won't replace it make sure it's like him a big roll they came back with a little of smaller rolls hey thanks for letting us borrow it so $30 versus 60 I was like you guys you guys you guys don't ever borrow my RAM board my big roll give me a small roll that's terrible [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] alright guys thanks for watching I hope you learned a little something today about deck board bending my passion and our art that we do on some of our most affluent decks if you liked what you saw and I know you did please click that subscribe button don't forget to at the bell icon every time you want to be notified of future updates and if you really want to learn what this is all about go sign up for doctor decks master class thanks for watching and have a great day [Music]

Channel: drdecks

Views: 21,881

Rating: 4.907455 out of 5

Keywords: Dr decks, drdecks, deck building, custom decks, pacific northwest, carpentry, decks, deck, deck board bending, build update, azek, azek decking, timbertech

Id: KbpchcSgJXg

Length: 9min 21sec (561 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 30 2020