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Straightening osage and adding recurves

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bjrogg:
I usually just steam the area of the recurve and tip. I have a half bow caul and I do my recurves one limb at a time.

I usually put the recurve in with steam. Put it on my caul and bend it. Then work my way up to the handle straightening with dry heat.

Then let everything cool down good before removing from caul. Osage is usually very cooperative.

Bjrogg

Will B:
Sounds good fellas, thanks

superdav95:
I’ve started using a smaller recurve caul or jig one each for each tip.  Similar to bj and pat I use steam for recurves and feel it’s safer and cracks less.  The other benefit is you will not overheat the wood this way.  I prefer this over boiled tips.   I like doing them separately too with steam and then using dry heat for alignment the rest of the bow where needed.   

Will B:
Great thanks dave

uwe:
Hi,
I`m using dry heat as well, but in combination with animal fat. This helps drying out the wood too much.
Have a nice 2025
Uwe

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