when to use steam

[ocd]

a buddy of mine is working on an osage stave and wants to straighten it. My question is this;When is the appropriate time to use dry heat as to steam heat?

[Jesse Peltan]

Use dry heat when the stave is dry. Use stream on a green or wet stave.  If you use them the other way around the stave will crack.

[DVSHUNTER]

dry wooduse dry heat, wet wood, steam. I tried to find  the line between the two but wasn't able to  find it. When in doubt about steam I just work the stave down to floor tillered size and let it dry until I feeli can use the heat gun

[DVSHUNTER]

dry wooduse dry heat, wet wood, steam. I tried to find  the line between the two but wasn't able to  find it. When in doubt about steam I just work the stave down to floor tillered size and let it dry until I feeli can use the heat gun

[ranger 3]

If you use dry heat use a little cooking oil on it, helps form scorching.

[George Tsoukalas]

Dry wood can be steamed or heated. Wet wood should only be steamed. Jawge

[4est trekker]

Right on, George.  Cured hickory, for example, takes well to steaming.  However, cured osage doesn't take steam as well.  I do follow the wet/steam dry/heat philosophy, as I don't like adding massive amounts of moisture to a cured stave.  But, when making snowshoes and fish nets, I only use steam on cured woods (or bend them green.)

[ocd]

thanks guy's