Hellfire
Ex Member
|
not bad, I think the asymetricalness is kind of cool. I have a question for you (or anyone else who may answer): One of the bows that I recently completed had taken an inch of set. Unhappy with this, I steam bent it flat, and am refinishing it. How do I minimize the amount of set that it will take? Should I construct a heatbox for it, then immediately seal it?
If your bow is medium weight, 66-72" long, and medium width ( from about 1 1/2 to 2" wide), then 1" of set is pretty good. If it is a wide bow, or low weight (40# or less), then that is acceptable. Steaming it into straightness wont do anything, as the set will come back. If you steamed it into maybe 2.5" of reflex and then toasted the belly with a heat gun you could probably get a decent flightbow, but there is a bunch of variables to judge, so if you would post weight, dimensions, draw length and a pic of the profile/tiller, and what wood type, then that would be great, it would be way easier to judge.
|