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Offline Kegan

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Steaming tempered wood?
« on: July 29, 2010, 01:20:07 pm »
I'm working on a couple takedowns with wrapped steel sleeves. So far it's working fine. The first bow took 1" of set (started straight) which I was pretty happy about, but there's also 1" of give in the handle. So at the moment it has 2" of string follow. I already temepered the belly, but is it possible to steam the tips into a little reflex? The cast is only fair, and I'm not too happy about the 2" of string follow.

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Offline Pat B

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Re: Steaming tempered wood?
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2010, 04:02:53 pm »
I think I would seal the tips with shellac before steaming to prevent possible checking. Other than that there should be no problem.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Steaming tempered wood?
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2010, 05:48:16 pm »
If it has been tempered, I would use dry heat not steam. If all you are after is a little reflex dry heat should be fine.
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