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Offline toomanyknots

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Steam bending hickory?
« on: November 08, 2012, 11:33:42 pm »
I have a hickory board that I plan on making into a non-contact recurve, and I was wondering if anybody knows how hickory steam bends?
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline lostarrow

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Re: Steam bending hickory?
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2012, 12:15:26 am »
steam or dry ,it bends well.
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