heat treated maple bow

[mspink]

Hello, finished another one. 48lb @ 26" maple bow. From a board but needed a couple rings cut down on top. Heated 1 1/2 inches reflex into it, still holds 1" after a day of shooting. Handle is just scraps of tanned deer hide i had laying around. hope yall enjoy..

[mspink]

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[ken75]

48lbs outta get the job done ,nice bow ! i've never heat treated to that extint , do you think it will hurt the life span of the bow ?

[mspink]

This is my second heat treat so far.. And it should last as long as a regular bow.. I let it reach equilibrium in the basement for a week..

[NTD]

HOLY CRAP!!!   That black is charring from heat treating???  That's insane, it'll be an experiment for sure...

[NTD]

Looks like you didn't char the tips?  That's the one good place where it is definitely okay AND good heating heavy, allows you to get especially narrow on the tips.

[Thwackaddict]

thats some pretty serious heat ya got there,black is not good,hope it holds.jus curious but why did you put that much heat on it?

[mspink]

i have shot this bow a few hundred times.. Pretty confident itll hold together, i stopped before it turned black. It does look really dark in the photo though. Time will tell i suppose.

[Thwackaddict]

Hopefully it will hold,Great job on the tiller!!Looks good

[Del the cat]

Great bow, nice clean and simple.
I love your little hunter logo, he looks like one happy stick man
Del

[Parnell]

So did you tiller the back of the bow and leave the belly "rough" from the original board?  I heat treat to that color now.  I used to go much lighter but believe the better result for white woods is to the level you took it.  Seems to me as long as your not lighting an ember in the process, your good.  Nicely done.

[ohma]

great tiller on that.and i to like your little stick man.