Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: mullet on May 04, 2016, 04:48:25 pm
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I got a question for you NW'ern guys, I'm needing to straighten a twist and bend some curves in a Cascara bow I'm working on. Will that wood take dry heat or do I need to steam it?
I experimented bending a Vine maple bow with the micro wave and it took 45 seconds of heat to bend recurves in. I was just wondering if Cascara would work the same as vine maple?
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;D ;D ;D Cool to read you got it going!
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Yea, Steve, I started it over the weekend. That is some soft wood. It is like carving butter with a draw knife.
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I've got a 4 day weekend Memorial Day. You want to think about that fishing trip, possibly?
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I haven't touched any of my cascara yet, but I've heard steam is what you want.
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Thanks, Ryan. If that's the case then the oven will work.
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I made one, and tried straightening laterally near the handle with dry heat. It did not want to stay even after repeated attempts. It broke at that spot the first time I strung it.
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Eddie,
Wrap the area you want to bend with a wet rag, let it sit for 4-6 hrs tightly wrapped. Nuke away, BUT BEND VERY SLOWLY.
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Brian; I thought about soaking that area in a bucket of water, wrapping it and then the nuc. How's that sound?
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Ya, that should work, but remember to let it dry, maybe even a little heat gun help to assure it is dry. Make sure that you give a little extra thickness in the length of the bend. In the past I noticed the wood to not want to hold curves, start thicker than you think is needed.
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Micro wave worked on "pizza". :-)