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loon:
I put it lightly on a vise, heated it until the reader registered 46-50C and pressed it down against the side of a pine board, hands on mid-limb and at the knee and the pine board in between for a little, pressing from the side.. about how much force should be used?

Maybe next time I'll try a more twisting motion

loon:
pictures

Yup. Unbalance..










I should make some leather strips for the kemend or whatever. May have to heat the other limb.. wouldn't that make it stronger though? The top limb is the weak one that I've heated. While unstrung, of course.

loon:
putting on tepeliks on the floor

and... it's the exact same bow.. Kurszan.


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mikekeswick:
If one limb is stronger than the other simply squeeze the string into the weaker limbs belly thus putting more strain on the weaker. Make sure you keep the string centered as you squeeze. You can also cut a section out of an inner tube (like a thick rubber band). Don't heat the sals with the bow strung.

loon:

--- Quote from: mikekeswick on August 29, 2016, 06:07:30 am ---If one limb is stronger than the other simply squeeze the string into the weaker limbs belly thus putting more strain on the weaker. Make sure you keep the string centered as you squeeze. You can also cut a section out of an inner tube (like a thick rubber band). Don't heat the sals with the bow strung.

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I do that and I also put the knee on it and pull with one hand on the tip and another on the knee to balance. That top limb just really wants to be weaker..

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