I don't know that it matters how long you leave one,
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I usually leave it overnight if I have made some serious corrections or steamed it,I heat for corrections and reflex about like Guy,when I can touch it but know I don't want to hold it,
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I heat treat like Steve,no real rhyme or reason,just buy watching the wood color and smell.
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I do usually wait a day or so after heat treating but don't think that matters,just am never in a big hurry so why rush it. Not sure on weight change,never weighted one in my life.
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You can tell I am a real scientific kind of guy.
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No worm here Chris,as I have said many many times,to each their own.
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you don't have to do it my way,just please don't tell me my way is wrong.
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