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Offline bow101

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Steam vs. Dry heat
« on: February 25, 2015, 07:14:12 pm »
On a bow that's been dried out , typically how do you know when to use dry heat or steam...?  I think I got 'er down to 14%.. or lower.    At any rate if its down to say 9-11% can you use dry heat to bend it into shape.  This is Black locust.  Having said that the wood is no longer green, so why use steam..?

 
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Offline huisme

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Re: Steam vs. Dry heat
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2015, 08:09:59 pm »
I'd go at it with the heat gun just to dry it from there, let alone fix any bends 8) If I want the wood to bend around an inch in roughly eight inches of material I switch to steam.
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Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.
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