Help with propeller twists

[dbb]

It can be straightend out with multiple steamings.
I have done it once with a european black cherry...but i would only do it if i was seriously starved of good bow wood.
Its much easier to find a better piece but you learn a lot of what can be done if you try...even if it dont make a bow.

[artcher1]

Rough 'em out into plank form and steam/twist straight. Then add a handle piece..........Art

[Don Case]

I've done a couple like that. When you figure you'll probably spend a day untwisting it and then wait 3-4 maybe 12 months for it to dry and then find that it cracked when you twisted it, you would be better off going back to the bush and finding a straighter one. The first half dozen staves I collected were twisted like this (180 degrees) they have since been replaced with staves that I am more comfortable with. I was getting pretty disillusioned for a spell. Of course, if this is the only piece of wood you will ever see, start steamin'. But be prepared to have the thing rip itself in half lengthwise