Bow help.....

[BamaHunter01]

Hello everyone im working on a hickory flatbow and the string is aligning to where it is barely touching  the handle could i just heat the handle and straighten it with a heat gun?

[Squirrelslayer]

are you a right or left handed shooter. if it is missaligned to the left and you put the arrow on the left then the arrow is in line with the string and i think would be more accurate. but don't take my word for it im sure there are tons more experinced bowyers that will help you out and offeer better advice than i can 

[BOWMAN53]

You can try steaming it straight, through the handle. Idk How well a thick handle of hickory bends with heat.

[Weylin]

I think it's best to have it as close to the center of the handle as possible. You can bend the handle though you need to be careful that you dont crack it, bending thick wood puts it under a lot of strain. You can also bend the limbs to the side to compensate, the further out toward the tips the more you have to bend it to affect the tips proportionally. That's the advantage of bending it at the hand because a littl bend there will move the tips a lot. Good luck.

[Pat B]

Will you post pics so we can see how the string tracks?

[BamaHunter01]

Well decided to just bend one limb im a right handed shooter but i was checking the tiller and a splinter popped up on the back never had that happen with hickory now im scared to do anything

[Pat B]

Post pics of the splinter too!

[BamaHunter01]

Heres a couple of pics tried to take one of the splinter it wouldnt show up i superglued it down hope it holds.

[BamaHunter01]

Heres the other pic

[bubby]

how close are you to final tiller, if it was me i'd put a wrap on the splinter, Bub

[Squirrelslayer]

if you have a splinter this is what i would do. cover an inch section of the bow were the splinter is in super glue then as the glue is dry aply another coat but this time as it drys get some B-50 cord or simalar and wrap that around that area and cover in more super glue and leave to dry for 48 hrs before doing any work. you could get cord that matches the colour of your bow so it is less obvious. have fun and good luck. 

[PEARL DRUMS]

After using wraps of various styles, I have settled on rawhide. I would suggest getting some rawhide and covering the whole back now. The bow will be rock solid forever and you wont have an ugly wrap to look at. If you never used rawhide, its VERY simple. I see the the kink in the handle as you pointed out. Did you get it straightened out?

[Squirrelslayer]

ugly wraps? cover it with snake skins if it's a problem

[bubby]

my wraps are GEORGOUS , seriously if you can get some rawhide PD is right it'll be good to go

[BamaHunter01]

Thanks guys ive ordered some rawhide im gonna wait a few days then try to heat and straighten the one limb then put the raw hide on and continue tillering