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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: wally on January 04, 2011, 11:29:05 am

Title: Steam bending bows
Post by: wally on January 04, 2011, 11:29:05 am

Although people have told me that using dry heat is best I have had no success with it and a few cracked/broken limbs.
Maybe it's me but anyway I used steam on piece of Hawthorn and it worked very well.
My question is,
I used the Missus' crock pot, placed wood over that and tin foil on top to contain it. Gave it an hour and it bent beautifully, and it was quite a sharp deflex tip I was doing, but the water left was a beautiful brown colour, which I imagine is the tannin? leaching out. Does that affect the wood at all, as it's something that is no longer in the wood?

Title: Re: Steam bending bows
Post by: Pat B on January 04, 2011, 11:31:15 am

It should have no ill effects.  Just Hawthorn tea!  ;)