Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: aero86 on May 17, 2011, 01:05:04 am
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heres what im doing. ive got a few pieces of bamboo that i want to practice with, making a composite style bow. i glued them to a handle section, before checking for straightness. so, luckily i just used titebond and i could steam them apart. but, one of the limbs its slightly bent. is there a way for me to bend the section straight, now that i have the pieces apart again? at this point they are already thinned down, at the final thickness.
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The core or the Boo ? If it's the core you can do it with dry heat. :) Not sure on the boo.
Pappy
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You can straighten boo with dry heat in a similar manner to the way you would straighten wood, I usually do this before fully thinning thinning it, as you have thinned it to backing thickness be careful about deeply scorching it.
Craig