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Dustybaer:

--- Quote from: DanaM on April 18, 2007, 04:58:05 am ---
Marius you sure yer wife doesn't speak English? ;)

DanaM

--- End quote ---

dana, i'm still married  ;D

bob, not sure if you intend to heat treat your belly (heck, i don't even know if it works with ash) but that's when i induced some reflex into my hickory flat-bow.  out of the approx. 5" of reflex it retained 2".  i did that when she was tillered to about 20" of draw and finished the tiller after the heat treatment.

Bob S.:
Thank's. I was just wondering if you are better off with some reflex or just going straight.

Dustybaer:
the way i interpret what happened to mine is:  without the induced reflex, she would now have some stringfollow.  i also think she's a Little snappier because of the reflex.

Bob S.:
Ahhh, I understand. Thank's again.

                                Bob

Justin Snyder:
By reflexing you are adding more tension to the string early, and it does make the bow a little more snappy.  Heat treating does work with ash.  Justin

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