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Heat treating after tillering
Marc St Louis:
The first bow I ever heat-treated was done after it was fully tillered, this was the bow I wrote about in a PA issue in early 2000.
P.S. Shortly after I wrote that article a member decided to "fix" an Osage bow he had, unfortunately he steamed the bow straight first and the heat-treating did some nasty things to the bow.
Eric Krewson:
I use any osage I have, I back substandard light weight osage with bamboo glued in a reflex. In spite of the glued in reflex several of these bows took set and were very poor performers.
I had made one of these BBOs to auction off at a local tournament to raise money for the Alabama Childern's Hospital, the time was closing in and I had a bow that didn't meet my standards. Up to this point I hadn't done much heat treating but decided to give it a try, I put the bow on my reflex form and toasted the limbs to a light brown. The change was amazing, I did have to retiller the bow to get the poundage back down where it was, the bow had turned into a rocket launcher.
The bow raised a good amount of money for the cause, I kept track of the bow through the years, it kept its reflex and initial poundage and has remained a top-notch performer. I made a matching set of arrows to go with the bow so the bidders could test shoot the bow and see what a good shooter it was.
The young lady whose Granddad bought her the bow is probably still shooting it today.
Selfbowman:
Good story and great donation Eric.
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: Selfbowman on February 03, 2023, 09:46:00 am ---Good story and great donation Eric.
--- End quote ---
I agree Arvin
I find a good heat treatment late in the tillering process really seems to help my HHB. More consistently than Osage.
You can definitely feel the difference scraping off the heat treated HHB. It is much harder than without heat.
Smells pretty good too. Don’t care for the smell heating Osage.
Bjrogg
George Tsoukalas:
That warmed my heart, Eric. Bless you. Jawge
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