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Heat treating after tillering
Lee Lobbestael:
Do you guys find any benefit to heat treating the belly of a bow after it has already been tillered? The Osage bow in working on took more set than I would like. I'm considering heat treating the belly and adding some reflex. Once the belly wood cells have been compressed, will it just return to the same level of set?
organic_archer:
In my experience, it always has noticeable benefits for whitewoods but osage can be hit or miss. Sometimes a late heat treatment helps, and sometimes it creeps back to its pre-heated shape. Depends on the quality of the piece. For me it’s usually the ones with less than perfect early to late wood ratios that won’t hold it.
Lee Lobbestael:
Thanks, this one has a good ratio. Maybe I'll give it a try
superdav95:
Interesting that you bring this up. I’m doing a white wood bow now that’s a recurve. In this case I only got to basic floor tiller barely then heat treatment. I added the recurves prior to heat treat. My thinking for white woods is that there are benefits to heat treatment like organic said for sure. I found that the performance goes up yet again with heat treatment prior to tiller. I’ve done both ways and there is a difference in performance and set. As for Osage it is hit and miss for me. Osage can be made too brittle if heated too much. It’s a risk but if you go slow you’ll be ok. Don’t ask too much of you piece either. Sometimes getting greedy with tons of reflex is also not possible and usually ends in disaster. Osage is pretty resilient stuff just use the least amount of heat to get what you need done. Best of luck.
Lee Lobbestael:
Good advice, thank you
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