I had this maple board bow all tillered out to give to my sister. It was only about 35 lbs draw weight, and I thought maybe I'd try heat treating it and inducing a little reflex. I have never heat treated before but have been wanting to try it for a while now, so I made a caul with a gradual 3 inch reflex over the length of the limb, and a jig to hold my heat gun. Everything seemed to go pretty good.
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I let it sit for a few days in the bathroom to rehydrate a bit, and then threw it back on the tiller tree. It picked up some serious weight, so I began tillering again. As I scraped some of the dark layer off, I noticed that there was a spot toward one tip that had gotten a little "crispy" compared to the rest. This also happened to be the spot where a small pin knot swirled the grain a bit almost across the width of the limb. I kinda figured this was going to be bad news, and considered backing it, but I figured if it's going to crack, it's going to crack. Well it turned out I was right. I had her pulled to about 25 lbs and the tip cracked and went flying. Just thought I'd post some pics so you guys could have a chuckle at my expense, and to prove I still dabble with bow making
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Now that spring seems to have come early, I'm hoping to get the wood shavings flying again!
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