: In 05, Brian Nystrom and myself did a series of test bends at the Greenland
: Gathering in Mystic, CT, using both dry and presoaked wood.

: We wrote an article on our findings in the QAJAQ newsletter.

: Here's the link: http://www.qajaqusa.org/QUSA/newsletter.html

: Go to winter 05 issue and download it if you want. The short story is that
: it's not needed but can help with some trade-offs. Presoaking gave the
: wood more "memory" to want to spring back to straight vs. dry
: steaming. Soaked wood was easier to bend but would fissure more than the
: dry steam bends.
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Hi Jay,

Good article

Also reminds me I've got a whole bunch of those newsletters to read.

Bill H.