Cheers Keenan:- I've steamed the bend and twist out of it, I'm hoping to harden/temper the belly to help stabilise it, reduce set, add a few pounds draw weight, speed up the cast (and cure my baldness

) all at the same time.
I've heat treated flat bows, but I'm a tad concerned that with a narrow ELB shape I don't want the heat to creep round the sides and scorch my beautiful creamy sapwood.
Anyone got any cunning tips for stopping heat creep, I wondered iff masking tape would help, but it would prob just catch fire, clamping a thin lath down each edge seems a bit to fiddly...
Yeah, I know, I just want everything, I want it now, and I want it easy...maybe I should just ask Santa to come help?

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Del