I need to rethink my bending setup, as this is the second time I've gotten some color on the back of a recurve. I was hoping it would sand out when I got to finishing, but it's not quite all gone. I currently just have a small form cut from and old piece of bed frame and I clamp directly to it with c-clamps and pads, heating from all sides with a heat gun. I might just have to heat slower... patience and all that.
Does this look like it will be an issue moving forward? It's just barely on the non-bending portion of the tip. There is a small pin-knot and a half at the same spot in the other limb, so I'm planning on wrapping both for about 2", although I don't know if that would add any security for this issue.
Pulling 30#@28", making it for my wife. The bow was 68" (my wife's height) before recurves and the deflexed handle . Elm harvested about a year and a half ago from her grandfather's farm. Slightly bend through the 1-1/8" wide handle, 1-3/8" wide at the flares, tapers to 5/8" at this spot and on to 1/2" tip. Last 8" non-bending, string bridges to keep it from slipping off the sides. Heat-treated. The lower limb retained it's reflex better. I've got to figure that out too. My guess is that the heat-treat wasn't even between them, or that it was just the weaker limb for too long during tillering. Critique on the bow itself is always appreciated.
Full-draw included. The spot in question is on the upper limb, on the right.
Thanks in advance!
Spot circled.
Closer-up.
Different lighting.
Draw shots.
