Propeller bow

[medicinewheel]

Stave looks great!

[Pappy]

Looking good Arvin, I love snaky/humpy  stave's, prop twist not so much, I agree that they probable don't preform overall as well as a good clean stave but well enough fr my needs, probable not so much for what you are looking for. We all do this stuff for different reasons and although I am not really into speed I do enjoy watching and listening to you guys chasing it. 
 Pappy

[Eric Krewson]

There is something about twist in a stave that I just can't tolerate, for me is as much about how a finished bow looks, I have to take any twist out of a stave before I make a bow out of it. The ones I hate the most are stave that have two or more twists going in opposite directions in one limb. I will usually cut the stave in half and glue up the splice to take most of one twist out and attack the second one with a heat gun. I lessen the twist on billet bows by the way I glue them up as well.

My twist remover,  put lead in the bucket.

[Selfbowman]

🤠🤠🤠ya it’s always serious when we get the pipe wrench and five gallon bucket out!

[bentstick54]

That last photo looks a lot like many of the staves I’ve had to work with in the past. Definitely a bit more of a challenge. I’m with Pappy, we’re all in it for different reasons. I enjoy the process of seeing what I can create out of a certain piece of wood, and turn into a durable,shootable, dependable bow.
I also enjoy reading and learning from you guys that are chasing speed and distance. It has taught me a lot.

[Jim Davis]

I prefer my big monkey wrench.