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Fire hardening vs heat gun tempering
bassman211:
Applied properly heat is a great tool for bow making, and I have used it for other applications. Example... I bought a vintage 83 Kramer bass from a guy in church that was stored in a basement, and the neck had a bad warp in it . I loosened the truss rod, built a jig, and heat treated the rock maple neck with a heat gun,and got the neck to go back to were it needed to be. Set the neck back up to suit me, and ended up making it one of my favorite bass guitars.
Muskyman:
Just wondering what kind of infrared thermometer you have Dave. I’ve been looking at them online and pricing is all over the place. Looking at one Milwaukee makes for around $100.00 but there are much cheaper ones around as well//
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Muskyman on November 23, 2022, 06:24:17 pm ---Just wondering what kind of infrared thermometer you have Dave. I’ve been looking at them online and pricing is all over the place. Looking at one Milwaukee makes for around $100.00 but there are much cheaper ones around as well//
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Here’s what I got. Works good for me. I used it for heat treat on my knives initially but works for bows too!
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B085S6F85G?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Muskyman:
I did put a little reflex in my stave today with my heat gun and did a little tillering to it
Muskyman:
Picture of the tiller
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