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?
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.
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
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
If you use dry heat use a little cooking oil on it, helps form scorching.
Dry wood can be steamed or heated. Wet wood should only be steamed. Jawge
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.)
thanks guy's