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Offline bubby

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birch & heat?
« on: August 28, 2012, 06:02:52 pm »
I'm working a piece of birch that i got from halfeye and was wondering how it responds to heat, was wanting to flip the tip's a bit, it's a eastern woodland style bow, Bub
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: birch & heat?
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2012, 07:56:42 pm »
Both Yellow and White Birch respond very well to dry and wet heat.
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Offline RobWiden

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Re: birch & heat?
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2012, 01:14:11 am »
    Ditto what Marc said. I use a lot of birch and just put it on the form after floor tillering and do whatever bending I want to do while I'm heat treating it. I find that heat treating really helps prevent chrysals too, but birch still needs to be wide.
    'Course I learned this from Marc's article in TBB IV.
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Offline dwardo

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Re: birch & heat?
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2012, 06:17:51 am »
Smells great when heating too ;)
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