oh. ok.
are they any good?
She posted a couple. They were pretty good.
walp...
just checking in before retiring for the second time tonight.
the core is soaked and strapped down on the bending form.
It will remain strapped for the rest of the week, while it dreies into the desired recurve (or a lot closer to it than I would have liked to deal with in the final lay-up if it were not pre-bent).
I will busy myself in the interim with cleaning up this mess and finishing the planing of the back and belly bamboo elements.
DAMN... do I ever need a proper workshop.
anyways...
Eight ratchet straps force the core into a very close approximation of the curve, but I am considering getting another 4-pack of straps for the final lay-up.
I timed the process - I was able to get it done in under an hour. I think I will use the slowest-setting epoxy readily available (1 hour)... I have learned that this wood glue is much stronger than I had believed, but I lack full confidence in it for the stresses of helping hold the recurve - I estimate that it took several thousand pounds of force to bend the core into the curve, even when wet.
However, I may rethink the epoxy when I see how well the core has adopted the recurve after this pre-bending session.
that's a problem for another day.
'nite all.