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Broken record bow . Literally ! and a want a be.

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bradsmith2010:
   sometimes I put mine outside away from heat,, if the humidity is up ,,,
or spray it with water,,,
the difference could be in the way it was tillered or a million other variables,,as suggested difference in heat treating,,or just the difference in the wood,,
    Guitars are manufactured to close tollerence, but none sound the same,,the really great sounding ones are treasured and can not be duplicated,,,

PEARL DRUMS:
Your bathroom is probably the most humid in your house. Leave it tipped up behind the toilet for a few weeks and it'll creep up in humidity. 

Selfbowman:
Thanks Pearl that sounds easy enough.

lonbow:
Thanks for sharing these two beautiful bows.

Here are my thoughts: I think it's interesting that the new bow weights slightly more than the old one. This might be the reason why the older bow shoots faster. In my opinion, there are two possible reasons: 1. I have the impression that the older bow is slight narrower in the midlimb area and outer third of the limbs. Or is this impression due to perspective?
2. The wood of the new bow might have a higher density.

lonbow

loefflerchuck:
Nice looking clone Arvin. Seeing the bow up close I liked how much more rounded your edges are than other high performance bows. Hard to duplicate a bow and get the same performance. I think you need to make 5 to have a better chance. Sometimes you can't tell from a piece of wood, sometimes you can. The little hickory bow I have with a couple records came from a stave I got online auction for about $30. It had a perfect natural reflex. The stave sat in my shop for about 5 years and I kept thinking "I need to make a flight bow from this stave someday". Every time I try and make a self bow to compete with it from a normal stave they come up short.
 For humidity. I have a room with a RH meter and a humidifier. When I need to add moisture I let the humidity get up to about 60% for a few days. I have a incense cedar stave that is way too dry. I've had that in a bathroom and turn on a hot shower a couple times a day and close it in there at 100% RH. I swear the bear grease I have adds some "sap" to the wood as other bows get too dry without it. Some may argue that.

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