Something to discuss...

[PEARL DRUMS]

Ill need glue with my set up. Its all walnut and walnut isn't especially hard at all.

[PEARL DRUMS]

I changed gears and ordered some purple heart and goncola alves to make an I beam style riser. I got one limb glued up last night and will do the other tonite. I didn't add any more reflex, simply glued the hickory to the shape the osage took. Takes 2 hours to cure the Unibond 800 under the lamps. I check it every 30 minutes to be sure nothing over heats on me. Slow and steady on this one. I have all my hardware in hand as well as all the epoxy for the inserts.

Ive tried explaining alternating clamps before, finally have a good pic to describe it for me. It keeps the weight distributed evenly and keeps limb twist at a minimum.

[Buckeye Guy]

Well at least it will be made out of pretty wood ! 

[Parnell]

I'm watching.

[bubby]

Gonna be sweet Chris, all wwod three pc t/ds are a learning experience

[missilemaster]

Drums and I must be sharing brainwaves.    I was glueing up a limb at the same time he was! Here's my setup. I just parked it in front of a baseboard heater with some tin foil over top. Has no trouble taking it to 180 degrees!

[blackhawk]

I like Cody's set up better   

[PEARL DRUMS]

So do I. For whatever reason, I had gaps all over town. I tossed both out and started another set from ipe, because its all I have.

[Buckeye Guy]

Pearly  what do you want ?
I can look to see if I can fing ya some

[PEARL DRUMS]

I want to use osage Guy, but I refuse to cut up a good billet or stave to make slats.....isn't that a sin? If not, it should be!

[adb]

Geez Chris... I thought you knew that. You can't just clamp directly on to your backing strip... it's too thin. What you ended up with is what happened... gaps and waves. You can use clamps like you did, but you need to put a strip of wood over top of your backing strip, so it's sandwiched between them. That way, it evens out the pressure. You could ditch those expensive clamps and get some inner tubes. Also, don't waste that osage. Sand off that backing strip and start over!

[PEARL DRUMS]

Heck no Adam, I know stave bows. Ill try again with another set up and a backing strip as you mentioned. Bub also mentioned shrink wrap.

[Knoll]

Here's my setup.

Like the use of pegs in your caul design!

[Knoll]

Heck no Adam, I know stave bows.

You're livin' & learnin'.  And we have privilege of learning a bit during your experiencing.  Best of luck with next iteration!

[PEARL DRUMS]

Im not a happy failure Mr. Mike! I tend to get grumpy when I do.