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VicNova:
So true :laugh:

medicinewheel:
Hey Victor, we all come here to learn, so...
If you'd really use this jig to steam in recurves you more than likely will ruin a stave, cause you will end up with humps, dishes, at least one serious hinge, as well as a twisting back of the bow. At least you should go to a carpenter's and get the surface sanded parallel and smooth out the line.
But honestly, I think it is too much of a curve: I can not really remember having seen many bows here in the past few years, be it self or laminated, with that type of curve of a typical FG recurve! This will be REALLY hard to balance, at least it would be for me.
JMO.

VicNova:
Thanks for the tip.  ;D

Calamitus:
Why go to all the trouble of gluing plywood, you could use a piece of a 2x6 or 8 and save some steps. And while you're at it, make a lip on the end to hold the tip like Gordon's on page three of this thread: http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,30667.30.html

VicNova:
That's one way to do it.  :)

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