Good work. I've bent about 30 stocks - a couple didn't work out so great. He's what I've found. Always check the flow of the grain through the wrist. The two times I've cracked a stock is because the grain came out the top and I was bending down. Think I would have learned after the first time but nooo. Also once a guy wanted some cast off on a stock that had some cast on. Once again I didn't notice the grain going out the SIDE of the stock. Good thing I'm fairly good at putting pins in the stock and glueing em back togeather. Bachelder steams the stocks - claims it works better. Wish I knew how to steam a stock. Like most things, just when you think you know what you're doing it'll reach up and bite you. Paul