Bending Hackberry

[Badger]

  Hackberry is rated as the most bendable wood in the U.S. and one of the most bendable woods in the world. With steam it will bend on a tighter radius than anything else. I never tried it with dry heat beyond reflexing.

[blackhawk]

If I were you I'd kill two birds with one stone and correct it and temper it all in one shot...only time I use steam is when I'm bending sharp string contact recurves....other than that its dry heat for everything else no matter what wood I'm using

[Gaust]

When tempering, are you burning the wood brown?  Forgive me, but this new ground for me. 
George

[PEARL DRUMS]

Its not a burn, its a toasting. Turn your heat gun on high and hold it about 4" from the belly. When its turns a nice golden brown, move it down 1" and repeat until your at the end of the limb.

[smoke]

I just finished a hackberry bow (plan to hunt with it tonight!).  I was really impressed with the wood.  Only 1.5 inches at the fades and 62 inches tip to tip, I heat tempered it right after floor tillering, and again when I was done - got it to 58# at 28 which I thought was a feat well beyond my skill level . . . in fact it is beyond my skill level for most wood but not hackberry.

[Gaust]

Okay. Got it straightened out at least.  I'll wait a couple of weeks before I start final shaping and tillering, just to make sure it gets re-acclimated.  In the meantime, I've got it clamped in a reflex position.  I'll temper it again at the final stage.
George