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Has anyone tried this, and is there any reason why you could not take it a step further and glue in a formed riser and recurve the tips?

PART I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUbLr1ItUzo

PART II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLJxdWDnidw

PART III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYFPkiTSm9E

Tried it many years ago but couldn’t find a board with grain straight enough, too many run outs. And didn’t have Maple so I tried Oak, not a good idea. Before going to far with bends you may want to consider a backing. Maybe a strip of Hickory or bamboo?

Carpdaddy wrote:Tried it many years ago but couldn’t find a board with grain straight enough, too many run outs. And didn’t have Maple so I tried Oak, not a good idea. Before going to far with bends you may want to consider a backing. Maybe a strip of Hickory or bamboo?

He suggests rawhide in the videos.

Oh okay, I didn’t watch but parts of them.