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Offline possum

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Bending BBO
« on: September 25, 2008, 03:20:21 pm »
I have a bamboo backed osage stave I'm beginning to tiller.  It has a good reflex but one limb doesn't match the other toward the tip. About 8-10" from the tip it deflexes slightly.  Is it safe to heat and bend it to match the other limb?  And if it is should I use a heat gun or steam?  It is glued on with TBII.

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Offline Pat B

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Re: Bending BBO
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2008, 03:42:57 pm »
If the glue reaches 150deg(F) it will let go. Before glue up would be the time for that kind of repair. I would just go with it and try to visualize even bending with the tips of both limbs as I tiller.     Pat
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Re: Bending BBO
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2008, 09:06:17 pm »
The osage was straight when I glued it up and I clamped it down into some reflex.  I guess I missed that end when I was looking her over. :-[  All the reflex was induced in the gluing operation.  One part didn't bend... oh well.  We'll see what we can do with it.  Thanks.

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