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crooketarrow:
   We also have a lot around here.I use it dry with the bark on. Heat to straighten. It's a tuff wood and stays straight. I like  it.

Hillbilly:
I've made quite a few from it, they don't call it "arrowwood" for nothing, makes good shafts. It has good weight, stays straight relatively well, and is tough and hard to break. As Pat said, it'll check easily, though. I dry it with the bark on.

George Tsoukalas:
These days, since I am retired, I hand straighten the shafts every couple of days. That eliminates the need for massive ehat straightening later. Jawge

aznboi3644:
I'm with jawge...I never use heat on any of my arrow shafts unless its bamboo.

Usually I'll just debark 6 or 7 shafts at a time and straighten them while I watch tv every night.

I don't know why my viburnum never checks...I'll debark them fresh cut and man are they wet under the bark but they never check on me.

crooketarrow:
     I'm with George I don't get in a hurry.. Most can be strighten by hand or with a screw driver on most bends. But after a few straightings I can tell the beens that need heated.

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