need help removing a twist

[gilbarbarian]

I am working on my first bow and it is worked down to a flatbow design made of osage with a twist in one limb.  I was thinking of using a heat gun to work it out. Is there a method of bracing it or should I just heat it and over torque it?  thanks jeff

[rileyconcrete]

Depending on how much twist is in the limb it may straighten out just by stringing the bow.  Pictures would help to see how much twist there is and at what stage you have the bow at.

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[George Tsoukalas]

Is ti natural of man made? Jawge

[gilbarbarian]

The twist is slight and I've just started tillering. I believe it is a natural twist.  I tried to follow the grain.  If I could figure out how to get my pictures frrom my desktop to this post I would post a pic.  the pics are about 400KB

[loefflerchuck]

 I just straitened a yew California flat bow design this morning. It warped bad while drying and looked like it was strung sideways (  . I steamed each limb in a big pan. Lifted off the metal of the pan with a dowel of wood and covered with aluminum foil, and one at a time levered out the bend. So far the tips look to line up perfectly with the handle. Good luck.

[hedgeapple]

You'll probably need to resize you pictures to load them.  Use whatever imaging program you have.  In the tool bar somewhere there should be something like "image size"  "resizing images"  "websize image" or maybe just "save to web"  I usual resize these i images to 8" wide.  Make sure it's sized at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch.

I only know PhotoShop.  But, others here might be able to help you more if you let us know what imaging program you have.

Now if you're having problems figuring out how to use the loading program on here, this might help you.



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[Jesse]

Or you can go to photobucket .com and get a free account. When you post pictures from photobucket you dont need to resize them. Its done automatically.

[Josh]

^ ^ ^ ^ that's what I do for mines...     -josh

[sailordad]

or image shack,thats what i use and no account needed either

[rileyconcrete]

I open my pictures with paint and resize them there. they usually are about 50-60kb.

Good luck.
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[gilbarbarian]

hope this works

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[rileyconcrete]

from those pictures the twist doesnt look to bad.  I would continue tillering and see if the twist works itself out. 

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[George Tsoukalas]

Don't worry about it. But that lim looks stiff and unbending. Jawge

[gilbarbarian]

So when I tiller I should just work the belly to make it bend the other way or tiller normally

[El Destructo]

Lets see a picture of the whole Bow on the Tree...pulled to what you have had it worked to....so we can see where the Limbs are bending....and where they are not