Not being one to just give up I broke about 20 more straps. Plan B- was to steam bend these straps. Sounds crazy but I have done a bunch of steam bending in the past and have the gear. Steam bending is used to make boat ribs, chair arms, and other various curved pieces. Didn’t work. I’m not really sure why but these furring strips just refuse to bend.

On to the next plan. I headed over to Fairhaven lumber for some quality wood. They allowed me to pick out a bunch of 14′ 2 x 6s. It’s great going to a real lumber yard. I wish more existed. Sadly the big box stores are putting them out of business. Anyway, I ripped all of these pieces down to strapping size.

I rip cut the 2 x6 down the middle and then took these pieces and ripped them on edge to get strapping that measures 3/4 thick by 2 3/4″.

Once I got the saw all set up it went pretty quickly. Maybe now I’ll have some decent bows