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Warbow myth?
SimonUK:
Tell me about it... They look great when freshly cut. Two months later totally contorted.
deerhunter97370:
--- Quote from: SimonUK on February 05, 2008, 01:43:06 pm ---Tell me about it... They look great when freshly cut. Two months later totally contorted.
--- End quote ---
would they dry straighter if strped to another board?
Kronnkk:
if you sealed the bark ,and cuts on the ends and slow seasond thestave whith glue or latex paint ,migh help the warping and twisting? ???
SimonUK:
Yes I think strapping helps, but they still do their own thing.
sumpitan:
Artificially slow seasoning, strapping etc. help avoid drying distortion, but the true test with wych elm is to start tillering it. Only then will the stave reveal what it wants to do. As in, bend sideways so severely that the string lies three inches off the handle - and laboriously heat-correcting the bend will only make it come back upon the first couple redraws. Or the top limb, shaved down to exact same dimensions as the lower limb, suddenly pulls 40# while the lower one still pulls 60# (ie. all the bend is shifted to the upper limb). Not much you can do there, if a 60-pounder is what you want. YMMV.
Tuukka
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