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DC:
--- Quote from: mikekeswick on April 01, 2017, 02:29:52 am ---So my maple arrived and has worked out just right. I have got five sets of cores out of it and am currently soaking them in water prior to bending them.
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You have green wood and you're still soaking it? Does it help that much?
mikekeswick:
--- Quote from: DC on April 01, 2017, 12:29:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: mikekeswick on April 01, 2017, 02:29:52 am ---So my maple arrived and has worked out just right. I have got five sets of cores out of it and am currently soaking them in water prior to bending them.
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You have green wood and you're still soaking it? Does it help that much?
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Yes! It is essential to get the woods m.c. as high as possible. The wetter the outer fibers the less chance there is of having fibers break at the apexes of the bends. The fewer fibers that break the better when it comes to reducing the core for the horn/core gluing surface. This wood was green about two weeks ago, in two weeks the outer fibers have a significantly lower m.c. than when they are just cut. They were also cut before the sap really came up.
Aaron - Yes i'll take some pictures :)
I bent some tips sections for 5 piece cores from off cuts and bent the first pair of billets for a five piece core last night. They bent perfectly with no broken fibers. the 5 piece construction doesn't ask as much of the wood when bending as a 3 piece does. 3 piece cores have to be just right to be bent successfully. I'll find out tomorrow :)
BowEd:
Cool Mike.Sounds like your on the right path about bending that wood.
gorazd:
Mikekeswick:
About your supply of maple in Austria - Does he sells wooden staves ? Can you provide the name/address of it ?
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