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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Lab test on heat-treating
« Reply #15 on: January 08, 2015, 11:20:20 pm »
One thing to remember is that heat-treating will not increase the elasticity of a wood.  That is a given and inherent to each individual species of tree
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Re: Lab test on heat-treating
« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2015, 03:43:50 pm »
the report about heat treating was helpful, but it's limited scope doesn't add much new info to help the bowyer 'zero in' on how to obtain the best benefits.

If one were to pursue some further testing, does anyone have any ideas about temperatures and cooking time to explore first?

60 times 60 tests has been sugggested, but that might take quite a while.