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ricktrojanowski:
I am trying to make some tonkin arrows for the first time.  I keep having the same problem.  ???  I straighten the shaft between the nodes, then move onto straightening the nodes.  I am using a heat gun.  I heat until too hot to touch with bare hands, then when I go to straighten the crooked node I often get a kink about 1" from the node.  Any ideas on what I am doing wrong? 

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Coo-wah-chobee:
 Rick............ I use nutin' but tonkin. Ya heatin' the cane 2 much with the heat gun. Temperature of cane is 2 high and its spreading ta between the nodes. Slowly and reduce heat. Ya dont need ta worry about the nodes anyway as long as the tip and nock line up. Ask Jamie when ya see him I sent him 3 dozen of em earlier this year.....bob

mullet:
 Are you using some kind of wrench or wooden tool? It looks by the picture that something is digging in pretty good. If so, use your hands and you will not get it too hot. Also try sanding your nodes down first and you won't be bothered by such a big hump.

ricktrojanowski:
Cow-wah-chobee
I'll give less heat a try thanks for the tip.
Eddie
No tool just some thick gloves.  I grind the nodes down some.  I wasn't sure how far I could take them down.  Thanks for the help.

1/2primitive:
I would try to get the bend directly on the node. I sometimes use the very corner of a table to work the node only.
Maybe with a combination of all these suggestions, you'll come up with something. ;D
     Sean

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