Green wood question

[Barefoot_Jake]

Hey yall im working on another short bow from this one tree I cut down mid last month. It is still very wet, I have the ends sealed would sealing the back help any? I have the bow roughed out so would using a heat gun on it help dry it out or would that cause problems with the bow? Thanks for reading 

[Pat B]

I'd wait at least a month before using a heat gun on green wood and I would shellac the back before doing it. You can however steam and it will force moisture out and you can add shape to your stave by clamping it to a form while it is still hot.
  What wood is your stave?

[Barefoot_Jake]

I'd wait at least a month before using a heat gun on green wood and I would shellac the back before doing it. You can however steam and it will force moisture out and you can add shape to your stave by clamping it to a form while it is still hot.
  What wood is your stave?

ah ok I didnt not know if steaming or a heat gun would be better for getting moisture out. The wood I had ID on here a while back and came to the conclusion that it is laurel oak. Also is there so way to use a form to get rid of propeller twist in wood?

[osagejack]

you can get the twist out but not till it is dried,,if you take it out now it will re twist as it dries

[Pappy]

What Pat and Mike said, if you put a heat gun on it now it may dry it out but almost guaranteed to check bad on the back and belly. Heat or steams works for straightening but I wouldn't try it for drying out wood. Just put it in a dry place after it is roughted out and be patient.A few weeks will do wonders.
  Pappy

[Barefoot_Jake]

What Pat and Mike said, if you put a heat gun on it now it may dry it out but almost guaranteed to check bad on the back and belly. Heat or steams works for straightening but I wouldn't try it for drying out wood. Just put it in a dry place after it is roughted out and be patient.A few weeks will do wonders.
  Pappy

Thanks for the advice guys Ill deffinetly just wait on it to dry.

[twisted hickory]

I ruined 4 staves by not being patient. Trust them I had a wet piece of hickory, took it inside house where it's like 30% humidity pulled off the varnish on the back of the bow. Went to bed, got up the next morning to go to work. Looked at the back and there were about 100 little checks and cracks in the back of it . If the wood is soaked dry it slow for at least a week before doing anything with it.
Greg