While the bow rehydrates from tempering I will steam the static recurves in. It doesnt take much equipment to bend wood. A pot half full of very low boiling water, some tin foil and a piece of wood to bend. I just finished up some new static jigs and I was anxious to test them. I made two so I could do both limbs on the same boil. Its important to be sure you never lay the back of the bow on the rim of your pot. It may burn it or scar it. Most wood I steam for 30-40 minutes per 1/2" of thickness. These tips are about 5/8" thick so I steamed them for 50 minutes and it worked like a charm. The wood bent easily and with no tension cracks. I make the whole bend at once on all woods. This particular bow has very short statics, only 3 1/2". I wanted as much working limb as I could get with this short and narrow bow. I will leave the whole riggamaroo in the shop until Monday. It will give the bow time to stabalize.
