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nickf
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straightening twisted staves
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June 24, 2009, 07:51:59 pm »
anybody who found some good ways of doing this? giving it a try soon, so I'm interested in how you do this, and if you have any recommendations/advice.
thanking in advance,
Nick
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Paul Wolfe. Springtown, TX
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June 24, 2009, 08:00:46 pm »
Been awhile since I touched any wood but was getting kinda partial to steaming the section to bend then clamping it and with a pair of welding gloves start twisting by hand - that was working good for the helical. If it's near bow deminsions and green I clamp it to a form to dry. And dry heat for small finish up areas.
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Aries
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Re: straightening twisted staves
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June 24, 2009, 08:44:37 pm »
Ive used cowboys method it works pretty good. Also another good way would to be to steam( Or if its osage use a heat gun with some crisco ) to heat up the wood (all the way to the center of the wood) and then clamp it to a flat surface. Or if you had a recurve/reflex jig or somethin rigged up already you could kill two birds with one stone and clamp it to the jig to remove the twist and get your curve
Ty
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