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ERC longbow build-along and questions
adb:
One quick thought/question... if this truly is your first bow, don't you think 80-100# is a bit ambitious?
Marz5:
well I've finally gotten back to working on my bow and am taking a small break to type this out. I've got another question:
there is a bend (I believe its called a deflex), what is the quickest and easiest way to make this straighter?
here is a pic that show the bend
well time to work on the other limb :)
--Mark R.
CraigMBeckett:
--- Quote from: Marz5 on June 08, 2011, 05:37:38 pm ---I've got another question: there is a bend (I believe its called a deflex), what is the quickest and easiest way to make this straighter?
here is a pic that show the bend
--Mark R.
--- End quote ---
One would straighten a limb by first heating it and then clamping it in a position such that it is bent slightly more in the required direction than ultimately required. Depending on the wood and its state of seasoning you can either boil, steam or use heat from a fire or heat gun to heat the bow. Different people have different preferences for the method used and also claim that certain woods respond better to one method that the others. Others also claim that ":green", unseasoned wood responds to a different method than does seasoned wood. As I said before I know nothing of ERC so cannot recommend one method over another.
It must also be noted that not all woods respond well to heat bending. I would suggest you need to think long and hard over whether you really need to straighten the stave.
Craig.
Lee Slikkers:
If the ERC is green I would highly recommend steam as the method of heat correction over dry heat (heat gun) it has a tendency to check and crack with dry heat if it is at all green...might be the pitch/sap that is still active in the wood but that is only supposition on my part. I tried early on to heat (heat gun) an ERC stave that was not dry or fully cured and it checked/split immediately at the area of applied heat.
Do you have better pics of the whole stave and the areas that you feel need heat treatment? Do you have any idea how cure or fresh this stave may be?
Good luck on your build...
mullet:
There was a gentleman from Tennessee on this site about 4 years ago that made several ERC Warbows in the 90- 110# range.
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