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Home Depot Garden Stake Bamboo Arrow Build-A-Long (Pic Heavy)
DC:
What were you heating them with?
loon:
thanks. A wagner heat gun. 950 to 1150F setting. What setting should I use?
DC:
I use the hot setting on mine. Hold it 3-4 inches away. The boo doesn't have to change color to bend. Just a little to hot to hold. I only asked because I thought you might be using a torch. I've found(especially on my first few) that if they are going to break, they break at a node.
loon:
By straightening it with my hand as cedar shafts are apparently done, I found that I don't need much heat (with an electric stove), so much that I can do it with my bare hands. Was using a towel before until I realized that apparently I don't need it. I'm wetting the shafts before straightening... does this seem straight enough? Far from perfectly straight, but it's hard to straighten more.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4gVPmGducMFTlEwQlJuMnRXcEU/view?pref=2&pli=1
...And I ended up making the shaft bent after trying to find the 'stiff side'. I guess this shaft is too wet. Or kinda green.
loon:
Annnd I broke it by trying to apply dry heat to get rid of the moisture while straightening it since it was returning to how it originally was.
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