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Kegan:
Is using heat when you are making the shaft up before hand to straighten them a better long-term plan than just using hand pressure? Seems like it would help "train" the wood to stay straight...-er.

Pat B:
I think it helps to remove the crooks without stressing the wood and it also helps keep them straight by tempering the wood.   Pat

mullet:
  I think it would also keep you from breaking them ,because you really can't feel the breaking point untill it's too late.

Kegan:

--- Quote from: mullet on December 11, 2008, 10:33:48 pm ---  I think it would also keep you from breaking them ,because you really can't feel the breaking point untill it's too late.

--- End quote ---

Isn't that the truth. I hadn't bothered with heat on my previous batch, and was trying to bend out the kink right by the feathers, where the tapering started. *SNAP* That wasn't much fun :-[.

1/2primitive:
YES! Heat makes the shafts bend easily and keep their bend (which in this case is a good thing ;)). Especially bamboo. :)
Speaking of tempering the wood, Have you tried putting grooves in your arrows? If done properly, it keeps arrows remarkably straight.
     Sean

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