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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: toomanyknots on November 10, 2012, 08:37:27 pm

Title: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
Post by: toomanyknots on November 10, 2012, 08:37:27 pm

Just wondering, I have a board I will be turning into a mild recurve sometime in the future, and was wondering how hickory took to steam bending.

Title: Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
Post by: JonW on November 10, 2012, 08:48:38 pm

I have steamed and boiled it with good results.

Title: Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
Post by: killir duck on November 10, 2012, 09:11:03 pm

i have steamed it a couple times but i think dry heat works better

Title: Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
Post by: RyanY on November 10, 2012, 10:27:27 pm

I've boiled it quite a few times and had good results.

Title: Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
Post by: toomanyknots on November 11, 2012, 01:40:46 am

Cool, thanks everyone!

Title: Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
Post by: soy on November 11, 2012, 04:30:57 am

I have done both and fine and if you're doing a sharp bend boiling / steaming works better in my experience ;)

Title: Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
Post by: okie64 on November 11, 2012, 08:54:14 am

Steam and hickory work great together. Ive never had much luck bendin sharp curves with dry heat on hickory.

Title: Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
Post by: Dean Marlow on November 11, 2012, 09:36:46 am

I agree with Okie. All I use any more on Hickory is steam.