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Offline toomanyknots

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Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
« 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.
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Offline JonW

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Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2012, 08:48:38 pm »
I have steamed and boiled it with good results.

Offline killir duck

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Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2012, 09:11:03 pm »
i have steamed it a couple times but i think dry heat works better
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Offline RyanY

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Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2012, 10:27:27 pm »
I've boiled it quite a few times and had good results.

Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2012, 01:40:46 am »
Cool, thanks everyone!
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline soy

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Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
« Reply #5 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 ;)
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Offline okie64

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Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
« Reply #6 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.

Offline Dean Marlow

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Re: Anybody know anything about steam bending hickory?
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2012, 09:36:46 am »
I agree with Okie. All I use any more on Hickory is steam.