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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: redboard on April 29, 2014, 01:18:08 pm

Title: dry heat bending
Post by: redboard on April 29, 2014, 01:18:08 pm

can someone link me to a good tutorial on dry heat bending? My bellies are cracking when I do it, I'm assuming because I 'm heating too fast? Its all been trial and error

Thanks

Title: Re: dry heat bending
Post by: Slackbunny on April 29, 2014, 01:23:45 pm

If you're using a stave my first guess is that your wood is still too green.
 

Title: Re: dry heat bending
Post by: redboard on April 29, 2014, 01:25:31 pm

I'm currently working a privet stave, but all the bending I've tried so far is on board bows

Title: Re: dry heat bending
Post by: PatM on April 29, 2014, 01:31:20 pm

What type of wood?

Title: Re: dry heat bending
Post by: Blaflair2 on April 29, 2014, 01:36:24 pm

I rub a good coat of crisco on it. Never worked privet. Some woods can't handle dry heat. I believe it works better on an oily woods. I believe there is also exceptions to that as well😁

Title: Re: dry heat bending
Post by: Marc St Louis on April 29, 2014, 01:41:22 pm

Depends what kind of bending you want to do.  If it's recurves then it's best to use wet-heat.  If it's heat-straightening or reflexing then the 2 vids here http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,23338.0.html might help.  They are about heat treating but the idea is the same

Title: Re: dry heat bending
Post by: redboard on April 29, 2014, 03:45:05 pm

Found some cool vids on u tube
Gonna try on my p'hickeron tonight

Title: Re: dry heat bending
Post by: SLIMBOB on April 29, 2014, 08:27:16 pm

I've gotten a little more adventuresome with dry heat.  I've bent some pretty good curves with it.  No oil, but it's really touchy.