Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: joachimM on April 23, 2015, 09:54:43 am
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Here's an original approach to steaming wood directly in place (or adjusting larger pieces).
http://www.core77.com/posts/35838/A-Better-Way-to-Steam-Wood-for-Bending-Use-a-Plastic-Bag
For bow making this approach seems especially useful if you have a caul.
Joachim
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Pretty slick.
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That is way cool. 8)
I got to give it a try..... I don`t have good sucsess with bending boards, I think this method might work.
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that's awesome, I'm going to have to give that a go. thank you for posting that link
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and because the bag is so thin you don't have to remove the wood... thereby giving more working time...
smart... really smart...
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Smart. I had read somewhere that the first nations would use bull kelp to steam their yew bows. This method seems less smelly.
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That looks like it's worth a try. I may "park" my steam pipe setup and give that a go. I really like the time is could save transferring the wood to the caul......sweet.
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Very cool may have to give that a go!
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Yankee ingenuity.
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where could you get a roll of that plastic bag
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where could you get a roll of that plastic bag
Buddy, per a response at the end of the video page, Uline.com sells the roll material.......the 6 mil is recommended. Dang, it come in a 1000' roll. Several of us could share a roll :-)
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If you go to a shop that sells fiberglass sometimes they package it in poly tubes like that. I got about twenty feet for the asking. It was bigger, about 12" wide but it may work.
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Thanks for sharing that Joachim, that's really brilliant. The second video would be exactly how you would bend a stave over a caul. I have some super heavy duty,large contractor trash backs that would work if I can figure a way to narrow them up into a sealed tube, Duct tape maybe? I like this idea, I'm going to do some experimenting with this.
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An expensive option are the vacuum sealing bags for food savr.It is already a long tube . I'm too cheap to do that, but they'd be durable.
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It's not as thick, but diaper genie bags might work?
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Brilliant. Thanks for sharing
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Just got on the big auction site and got 40 of 6" 4mil for $8 gonna give it a try
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I wish I would have seen this years ago, great method. Someone needs to show this to Gary Anderson.
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Just got on the big auction site and got 40 of 6" 4mil for $8 gonna give it a try
atta man!
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Let us know how it goes Bubby. Sounds like a great Idea to me. I'll be checking the big auction site myself.
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In the words of J. Buffet " It was so simple, like the jitterbug, it plum evaded me."
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I look back at some of my elaborate yet feeble attempts to accomplish the same thing this guy has done with a plastic bag and it is a bit embarrassing. I built a heat box large enough to hold a stave and a cawl with clamps on it. I can open it up adjust the clamps and then close it back up for some more heat. It works but not nearly as well and is a pain to mess with.
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We were stuffing targets with scrap plastic at the range yesterday and I found 10' of 6" 6Mil tube mixed in with the scrap. Bonus!!
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They sell poly sheeting at lowes and home depot. I would assume you can trim to length and then melt the seams together with a heat gun.
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They sell poly sheeting at lowes and home depot. I would assume you can trim to length and then melt the seams together with a heat gun.
duct tape the seam. .. will work just fine and makes it reusable. ..
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Heat might loosen the glue on the duct tape. One could roll the seam over several times and staple along the way, too.
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I was thinking of just rolling it and clipping the roll with something like spring clamps, no need to be air or water tight.
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Why mess around jury riggin something that is only $8
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Why mess around jury riggin something that is only $8
cause i got $7.34 in my checking account? >:D >:D >:D
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well I got the tubing today i'll let you know how it works and paco if your that broke i'll send you enough to steam a bow, brother ain't got $8 can use all the help he can get :laugh:
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I have a bunch of that clear plastic they use for greenhouses. I wnder how that would work and what glue I could use to seal it up. It is pretty thck at .039. I have a hickory bow I need to steam will let you all know how it works.
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Maybe you could just use pvc glue badger
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^^ or line up the edges and run it through the sewing machine.
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Brilliant, thanks for sharing this Joachim
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well I got the tubing today i'll let you know how it works and paco if your that broke i'll send you enough to steam a bow, brother ain't got $8 can use all the help he can get :laugh:
;D.. you made me actually lol...