Thanks for the instructions Marc.
One thing is reading about heat treating in TBB, another is doing it your self....I for one heat treat all my bows (mostly Wych Elm and Yew), and Im one of the culprits who do it too fast and too close. It is not that I cant read, it more of a combination of a lack of patience and an intuitive reluctance to "burn wood".
I have long been baffled that your bows show such a high degree of kept reflex, and no doubt the slow heating is the trick. But, even when done "wrong" (ie. too fast and superficial) there are still benefits....bows still gain draw weight, and induced bend (ref/def), and as such serve as an introduction to heat treating.
In my mind heat treating is a tool with its own learning curve, that takes some getting used to. The hand held heat gun and superficial treatment is the first step that will give a feel for the method...which in time will lead to the deep heat treating (lacking a better word here) shown in your video and hopefull, in time, bows that resemble what you acchive in you work.
Thanks again for showing it first hand....your video shows perfectly what it takes to properly heat treat a bow:-)
Cheers
