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Hackberry recurve build along, real time hopefully. ** DONE **
Gus:
Looking Good Indeed...
Been lusting after one a them Japanese saw rasps...
-gus
PEARL DRUMS:
Day 3 - 2 hours total
The bow came off the caul and held at least 80%. That made me grin. One limb has a touch more mid limb relfex. There is a good chance I will designate it as the bottom for now. The blank is DEAD straight and flat. Thats very important for static recurves. I attached some pics showing my tempered area and where I start and finish the process. Keep in mind this bow will not be bent at all for 4-5 days while its moisture adjusts back to fairly stable. I can still work on various things, but no bending.
PEARL DRUMS:
While the bow rehydrates from tempering I will steam the static recurves in. It doesnt take much equipment to bend wood. A pot half full of very low boiling water, some tin foil and a piece of wood to bend. I just finished up some new static jigs and I was anxious to test them. I made two so I could do both limbs on the same boil. Its important to be sure you never lay the back of the bow on the rim of your pot. It may burn it or scar it. Most wood I steam for 30-40 minutes per 1/2" of thickness. These tips are about 5/8" thick so I steamed them for 50 minutes and it worked like a charm. The wood bent easily and with no tension cracks. I make the whole bend at once on all woods. This particular bow has very short statics, only 3 1/2". I wanted as much working limb as I could get with this short and narrow bow. I will leave the whole riggamaroo in the shop until Monday. It will give the bow time to stabalize.
toomanyknots:
--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on March 22, 2012, 10:09:32 pm --- A pot half full of very low boiling water, some tin foil and a piece of wood to bend.
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Some metal strips will do a good job of keeping splinters from lifting on the belly as well.
rps3:
Looking good. I am not allowed to use the kitchen stove anymore for such things...at least when the wife is home.
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