How do they bend wood for things like canoes?

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Do they cut it out in that shape? Or do they make it flexible somehow?

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Wood has a certain amount of natural flex. For more substantial curves, the general practice is to steam or boil the wood and then bend it to shape and clamp, glue, screw, or otherwise restrain it; when it cools and dries, it retains its new shape.

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