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Went tam:
Just did an experiment on steaming out a compression mark on the back of a scrap bow limb. The process is a small hot iron and a scrap of linen dampened with distilled water. seems to have done a good job on removing about 85% of the indentation. Now the big question, do you think its a safe thing to do on a new bow if it was to suffer a dent in the building process?
JW_Halverson:
Time to test on your scrap piece. A dent that has sharp edges like the one you have might have very low survival rate, but if the edges were more gradually compressed it may have a higher survival coefficient.
iowabow:
The news from Iowa.
Our Sat of work/fun day went as planned. Tim and I cut about 1/3 of the trees off the dam which was a lot of work. Annette made an amazing breakfast and lunch of lasagna. Then Matt Edwards, his daughter Maddie, Evan and his friend from 5 hours north came down to build bows. We got Matts bow heat treated and Maddie shot targets almost all afternoon Evan and his friend chased rings on two staves. They are hard working lads. Looking forward to seeing you guys on our next gathering.
Pictured below lasanga that Craig wanted lol.
Went tam:
I stress tested the practice steam dent repair, put the limb piece in a bench vice and flexed it a bunch....a whole bunch....then really started to put a huge amount of pressure on it. I watched where it bent and moved the limb down in the vice where the majority of the flex was taking place right on the steamed area. It took alto of force, but when the limb finally snapped it was in a larger area well below the repair.
iowabow:
Looks like your good to go
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