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Offline woodcraft

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Re: Ash bow
« Reply #15 on: May 30, 2013, 05:16:58 pm »
Thanks again everyone.  If I were to try to remove the set with heat, should I use wet or dry heat?  Should I scrape off the finish first before heating?  I finished it with polyurethane.  All advice is greatly appreciated! 

@Weylin:  my wife is already fed up with my collections of interesting things, she sure isn't going to be too happy about bow staves.  But I'll collect them anyway >:D
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Offline autologus

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Re: Ash bow
« Reply #16 on: May 30, 2013, 05:25:05 pm »
Ash responds real well to belly tempering.  Use dry heat to temper, with the Ash it will greatly reduce the set it takes.  I have a 55" Ash bow that is 1 1/8" wide that I tempered and it only took 1/4" set from a 28" draw.

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Offline Pappy

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Re: Ash bow
« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2013, 06:43:28 am »
Welcome,looks good to me,love the way Ash looks finished up.The grain is always beautiful. :)
   Pappy
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