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Hawkdancer:
Nice work!  Always a warm feeling to make them from scratch!  I assume you are not in the US.
Hawkdancer

backtowood B2W:
Thanks for the compliment,
I have 5 dogwood bushes in the garden, hopefully there are some good shafts in there.
Next time I will debark them green.
The hazel ones are good too, not as heavy as dogwood!
Merry Christmas!
B2TW

backtowood B2W:

--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on December 23, 2018, 09:35:50 pm ---Nice work!  Always a warm feeling to make them from scratch!  I assume you are not in the US.
Hawkdancer

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im from the alps, Austria

Hawkdancer:
Did you sand the shafts down before trying to straighten them?  I'm working a bunch of dogwood, and some of it is more than a bit bendy.  I'm using my heat gun to warm them up, but I think they will be easier to straighten if I sand the down to about 1/2"(12-13mm) before I do much straightening!  Btw,
Nollag Shona!  It's getting close where you are!
Hawkdancer

backtowood B2W:
Hawkdancer:
I didn't sand them before, only the spots where brunches came out.
I heat them up with a modified  bathroom radiator, so I can heat the whole length or just a spot.
Keep them a bit longer, to straighten them out at the tip, cause This can be a bit hard without a tool
When they were straight I sanded them a bit. Some I had to straighten two times or even three times,
Hopefully they will stay straight now.
I've heard from a guy who cuts them green and straighten them every day unless they are dry. He says they will stay straight done like this.
I left them more or less the diameter they have been, to get a feeling for the spine.
I want more of this durable shafts but need to get some sets with the same spine.
B2TW

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