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Offline redhillwoods

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how dry before tempering?
« on: August 02, 2019, 07:21:11 pm »
I split a green sugar maple log into staves today. What % moisture content should it get down to before heat treating/tempering with a heat gun?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: how dry before tempering?
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2019, 09:45:07 pm »
Bow building dry. 9% to 11% M/C.  Tempering forces moisture out but too quickly for a green stave. You can strap the stave to a form in reflex and set it aside to dry and some of that reflex will remain when it's ready to work.
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Re: how dry before tempering?
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2019, 12:29:58 pm »
Very :)
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