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Author Topic: twisted osage, can I fix it  (Read 627 times)

Offline plentycoupe

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twisted osage, can I fix it
« on: December 10, 2007, 03:54:00 PM »
Hey
I've had this stave in the basement a long time cause I don't know how to ge the string to the center.
I tried heating the limbs and twisting them more than once with no luck.
Any suggestions before it becomes a fish beater!! [/IMG]  [/IMG]  [/IMG]

Offline plentycoupe

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Re: twisted osage, can I fix it
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2007, 03:55:00 PM »
ok that didn't work

Offline Talondale

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Re: twisted osage, can I fix it
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2007, 04:07:00 PM »
Images too large.  Put address between the two bracketed IMG after resizing.

Offline c_lantz

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Re: twisted osage, can I fix it
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2007, 04:11:00 PM »
Just copy and past them into a web address and it pop right up.

Offline laddy

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Re: twisted osage, can I fix it
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2007, 05:49:00 PM »
I had a perfect looking osage stave that took on more and more of a twist the closer I got to shape.  Until when the stave was nearly down to string ready shape it was almost 90 degrees twisted.  I really want to hear the answer on this, I don't for the life of me, know what I did wrong.

Offline plentycoupe

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Re: twisted osage, can I fix it
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2007, 09:56:00 PM »
ok one more try
 
 
 

Offline plentycoupe

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Re: twisted osage, can I fix it
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2007, 09:56:00 PM »
TTT

Offline arrowslinger22

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Re: twisted osage, can I fix it
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2007, 07:44:00 AM »
Here's what I've done, and I've done it with wood about as twisted as that.  Make yourself a caul.  I used a 2 x 10, used an old Bear Cub for a template and cut a curve in the board.  Then, I simply clamp the wood, back side down and heat bend the wood with a heat gun and mineral oil.  Takes a little imagination and some time, but I've always gotten a bow out of it.  You may need to over bend the end farthest in your pics to make this work using other methods, like hanging a weight and heating, prying it using a vise, things like that.  If it's firewood unless you fix it, you've got nothing to lose.  If you want, I'll take some pics and email them to you showing the caul.
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Offline John Scifres

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Re: twisted osage, can I fix it
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2007, 09:01:00 AM »
Take a kid hunting!

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