Hi guys,
Last spring I was given a quantity of really not very good apple staves, but apple is too useful to turn down. Anyway, I thought this one might be good to practice straightening techniques on (this is the sister the splinter came off - when the stress released the bends actually increased in size.
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turns out apple reacts really well to dry heat and is incredible with steam
so here's the bow next to the billet it splintered off - tips slightly flipped - took 5 minutes each to steam, couldn't quite get all the big central deflex out and put a big split right through the bow when I pushed it too far - glued up really well with cascamite.
3/4 draw - sorry about the picture quality - will post decent photos when the finishing is done. she's 65" ntn and about 30# at 24. Shoots really well, nice string tension, just 3 or 4 pounds over target weight at the moment, sanding and a few scrapes and should be good to go
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