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Offline tattoo dave

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heat treating
« on: August 01, 2014, 09:46:45 pm »
So, just wondering...seems like at one time I read that heat treating tends to up the poundage a little. Wondering if I recalled that correctly or not. I've never attempted heat treating. I have a red elm bow that is about 5#s shy of what i need. Can't pike it, cause then it'll be too short to hit the draw length I need.

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Offline autologus

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Re: heat treating
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2014, 09:49:25 pm »
Heat treating it could very well get your 5#s.

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Offline Pat B

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Re: heat treating
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2014, 10:27:24 pm »
Heat in some reflex and scorch the belly good and if you can flip the tips a bit you might gain 5# to 10# with these measures. Elm lends itself well to heat treating.
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: heat treating
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2014, 10:31:51 pm »
Already flipped the tips. will do some heating in the morning. Thanks fellas.

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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: heat treating
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2014, 10:46:26 pm »
Slow and steady, heating 6-8 inches at a time, slowly darkening the wood to a dark toast color.

It will change the tiller and I bet you get your 5 lbs easy.
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