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Offline Soggydog

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Re: Deflex splices
« Reply #30 on: January 26, 2018, 05:29:46 pm »
Out of curiosity, what makes splicing favorable to steam bending?

Offline sleek

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Re: Deflex splices
« Reply #31 on: January 26, 2018, 05:48:45 pm »
Steam bending a piece that thick and wide at that sharp an angle requures emense amount of work and luck.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Deflex splices
« Reply #32 on: January 26, 2018, 06:02:31 pm »
There's no reason to leave it thick.  You add a build up to a splice so you can just do the same with a thinned handle.   If you narrow and flatten the midsection of a stave before you do anything else you can create far more leverage to bend the middle.

 I think a lot of people practically floor tiller a stave and then try to bend the handle into reflex or deflex.

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Re: Deflex splices
« Reply #33 on: January 27, 2018, 04:10:38 am »
If you were steaming the bend, could you thin the stave at the place you were bending and that way you would not damage the back of the bow?

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Re: Deflex splices
« Reply #34 on: January 27, 2018, 06:08:14 am »
The one problem with steam bending handle deflex is the potential for introducing twist, just a little bit of twist at the handle can give you some real headaches.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Deflex splices
« Reply #35 on: January 27, 2018, 06:54:31 am »
If you were steaming the bend, could you thin the stave at the place you were bending and that way you would not damage the back of the bow?

 That's what I said above. ;)

 Twist can be an issue but it's easy enough to tweak things with dry heat after the initial bend is made.

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Re: Deflex splices
« Reply #36 on: January 27, 2018, 04:20:01 pm »
If you were steaming the bend, could you thin the stave at the place you were bending and that way you would not damage the back of the bow?

 That's what I said above. ;)


Oh bother, turns out my flash of inspiration was the last post I'd read. Sorry Pat I should read more slowly

 
In the same vein, would saw-kerfing work?

Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Deflex splices
« Reply #37 on: January 27, 2018, 07:18:58 pm »
If you were steaming the bend, could you thin the stave at the place you were bending and that way you would not damage the back of the bow?

 That's what I said above. ;)

 Twist can be an issue but it's easy enough to tweak things with dry heat after the initial bend is made.

I agree to a point, but there are some staves that even if straightened, will slowly over days begin their twist again. That is very frustrating.
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