It may not be practical in your application, but you can make a strip more flexible by ripping it in half by thickness. A japanese pull saw can slice the strip into two thinner laminations in the area where you need to make it flex. inject a little glue between the layers and then secure in place in the usual manner.

: I am just installing the third strip from the shear and so far things are
: going ok. Nevertheless I see some difficulties when I get into strips with
: more twist. I am using 7/16 wide hand beveled strips.

: What is the proper way of steaming a strip? When can you glue it and how long
: should you wait before epoxying?

: Andreas