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9 December 2011, 16:08
As you can see from the 2 pics below my attempts at putting some bends in the bow to make it more into a recurve weren't a great success.
I was hoping that the wood had enough moisture in it to be able to clamp in place and let it dry out but obviously not there was not enough moisture in the wood.
![[Image: bend1.jpg]](http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/carrotcruncher2010/bend1.jpg)
![[Image: IMG00099-20111209-1444.jpg]](http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i327/carrotcruncher2010/IMG00099-20111209-1444.jpg)
My next step will be to add more moisture and then clamp again, and using a heat gun to speed up the drying process. In the wild you can do this over hot coals but I shall try the Black&Decker route first
I'm making plenty of mistakes but its better to get them out of the way now than when I really need to get it right
I was hoping that the wood had enough moisture in it to be able to clamp in place and let it dry out but obviously not there was not enough moisture in the wood.
My next step will be to add more moisture and then clamp again, and using a heat gun to speed up the drying process. In the wild you can do this over hot coals but I shall try the Black&Decker route first
I'm making plenty of mistakes but its better to get them out of the way now than when I really need to get it right