Strawberry Guava

[Granite Mtn]

Hey cut some strawberry guava on Kawai last fall real nice staves slightly snakey no knots 69 inches.  The dried great I took them down with band saw then coated them with 3 coats shellac no checking very little twisting. I basically used same technique I use for ocean spray on the drying process.  Now I will reduce to rough bow shape and let cure for bows by late summer.  My questions are have you used dry heat or steam to correct limb alignment ?  And how is guava in compression I seem to remember Nomadic Pirate had some fretting problems with his bows?  I know some of you guys got some staves from him and I am interested in your input.
Thanks
Chris

[Granite Mtn]

What no one with their 2 cents on strawberry guava? I can not believe that!

[crooketarrow]

  DRY HEAT ON SEASONED WOOD STEAM ON GREEN

[Dane]

Granite Mtn, just do a search for Manny's name and write to him directly. He is the king of guava, and still a member of the PA site.

[k-hat]

I thought maybe you were posting something about a drink to enjoy whilst making bows

[Granite Mtn]

I have not seen him on for a long time doubt he would get the message.  I have a gut feeling guava is going to work like ocean spray which will not correct well with dry heat I was looking for confirmation of that.

[Gaur]

if you send him a message through here he will get a email in his inbox saying he has a private message.  So that should work as long as he still uses the same email.

[Bryce]

Guava is a surprisingly dense wood (as you know) it dries easy and bends real good with a heat gun.

[rossfactor]

Yep, I remember Manny doing a lot of heat gun work.  I don't remember much steam, but that doesn't mean it wasn't used or couldn't work.  But I'd keep the curves gentle and use the dry heat.

Gabe

[mullet]

Heat gun is the way to go, that's what I use for it.

[Joec123able]

I use steam for any wood I don't care what any one says in my experience steam is so much better then dry heat it makes the wood easier to bend then dry heat

[Granite Mtn]

I will try both and report back:)

[rossfactor]

@Joec123able

Have you tried steam on a tropical hardwood?  I sure can't get Jatoba or Kwila or Ipe to move well with steam or boiling.  Different story entirely with our north american woods.

Gabe

[Jmilbrandt]

Try sending Manny a pm. I did about a month ago he got back to me the same day.

[Badger]

  I have only worked a couple of staves and it reminded me of hickory more than anything else. Responds to dry heat a bit better than hickory. Mine was not near as dense or elastic as ocean spray.