heat treating lemon wood?

[JWMALONE]

Hey guys I just got the bow glued up but was wondering if lemon wood benefited from heat treating. Its a 64 inch R/D.

[PatM]

Tropical woods tend to not like heat. Bit late anyway with the glue up done.

[JWMALONE]

Thanks Pat,  I thought I read that some were about lemon wood but wasn't sure. This is the first time I've ever seen the stuff. What little tillering I did to get it in the form it seems great to work with. Not exactly like other tropicals I've worked with, better id say

[Springbuck]

  Yeah, we heat treat other woods to make them act more like the "premium" woods.  I don't know much about lemonwood, but other dense tropicals I tried anything with didn't like or didn't need heat-treating.  Most are really stubborn even about steam bending.