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Twist and shout
Muskyman:
Thanks Dave. I might have some wall insulation laying around. I’ll test it and make sure it doesn’t melt before I use it. I think it’s fiberglass. If I even kept it. It was a left over from a past home project.
Muskyman:
Clamped it down and did some heating on it. Didn’t overdo it but still worked on it for about 35-40 minutes. Never stayed in one place for to long. Worked longer on the limb with the most twist.
Waited about 2 hours then went out and unclamped it on one limb. Twist was gone but wasn’t keeping its reflex. Clamped it back down and checked the other end with the same result but, the prop twist seems to be gone. I’ll probably try and heat some reflex into it tomorrow.
superdav95:
thats good sign mike. really put the heat to it when you get it clamped down. you want the color to go little over half way through the thickness of the limb. doing this transforms the belly wood and hardens it up and dives out moisture. you may even hear it hissing. People tend to under cook the first baked white wood bows. It will scorch the belly a bit but thats fine. you will scrape most of this off when you finish tillering.
Muskyman:
Never could get the bow to keep the reflex I was looking for with my heat gun. I’m sure I wasn’t getting it hot enough. Checked the mc and it was 13 percent plus. So I fired up my charcoal pit and clamped it down and put it on there. Not sure if I overdid it. It was on there for close to a hour. Pictures show end result
Still is about 5/8 thick in the limbs so I’m probably okay. Going to let it rehydrate for a day or two then start thinning the limbs down and adding some thickness on the handle and finish shaping the fades and the handle
Selfbowman:
Ya that’s pretty wet.
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