I'm thinking about trying to hit 40 lbs or so at 20 to 22 inches, partly because I have some short arrows left over since I blew apart my erc shorty. We'll see what happens. I got the cambium off by scraping it with a knife blade. And it took awhile...like make my eyes go crossed from looking at the same place to long while...still have half of each limb left too. This spring/summer I've got a tree picked out to cut and peels the bark off of while it will still come without much of a fight. I cut this stuff last winter and the cambium hangs on for dear life. I plan on finish taking the cambium off tomorrow and perhaps try to get it to bend some, as right now I think I'd sooner tear my shoulder than get it to bend if I tried pulling it at all. I'm thinking I will have to narrow it down quite a bit because of the excessive crown on it, might end up getting it bending a little through the handle as well, we'll see. Once I get the rest of the cambium off I'll know a little more about where to go I think. Has anyone tried heat treating this stuff or does it even benefit much from it? From what I understand its pretty tough stuff, I think i heard they used to make wooden cogs and screws out of this stuff, I'd guess that means its fairly good compression wise? Any input would be great, I am still very much a rookie with this stuff, but thanks to you all am learning a lot. Hope to be able to have some updates to show in the near future, Thanks!
Kip
