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Offline crooketarrow

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« on: July 16, 2011, 10:53:50 am »
  I've been makeing 2 dozzen HAZZEL shoots into arrows. There really straight but REALLY ,REALLY SOLF. So I tryed tempering one in the over along with 2 dogwood shoots also.
  BAM I could'nt believe HOW WELL THEY TEMPERED. It went from supper solf to supper tuff I've never seen such a transformation. So tuff I had a hard time straightening it again. I put them in the oven at 400 for about 10 or so mins.
  Just to I could smell the wood  good but did'nt bust into flames. It may just be the HAZZEL I'm not sure yet. I wish I'd started this 15 years ago. I've got to work out some heats and times. Because it seamed to make my dog wood to brittle I ended up breaking both restraighting the times differently to long for dog wood.
  Hazzel maybe my wood of choise I don't know yet if they'll stay straight.  I don't know dogwoods really takes abuse,but I'm inpressed.
     
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Offline andy thomas

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Re: OVEN
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2011, 12:04:23 pm »
wife wasn't home was she ;D

cool post up some pics when you get them done.
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2011, 12:19:35 pm »
After you heat treat or temper any wood, bows or arrows, you need to let the wood rehydrate before stressing it.   On the red osier shafts I've worked with I tempered them and that really improved their strength and made them less likely to warp.
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: OVEN
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2011, 03:28:42 pm »
  Yea thanks Pat I know I let them out side on a work bench all day teasterday to soke up the relivitive humitly. Maybe it was'nt long enough for the dogwood.
 
  She learned a long time ago to except anything from me. I had to get a small freezer for out side when she found all the tarsal glads and  bags of ratters and copper head skins I had stash.
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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2011, 08:19:19 pm »
Interesting!
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Offline hillbilly61

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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2011, 09:26:34 pm »
I must hae a really small oven. No matter how I try I can only get enough room for 26" shafts :(
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Offline Justin Snyder

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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2011, 12:30:03 am »
We used to tamper ash like that all the time when I was a kid. The natives used to temper the point end of lots of hardwood shoots so they could shoot them as pointy sticks.
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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2011, 11:43:54 am »
  I only shoot 26" but make my arrows 27" If I put them I corner to corner I can lay 5 out flat.
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