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Pacific red yew and dry heat

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Del the cat:
I use both dry heat and steam, no problem ... but I don't allow dry heat onto the sapwood!
So for general bending I use steam, where the steam gets to back and belly. Heat treating or say a bit of reflex or flipped tip, dry heat on the belly but with thin slats clamped to the sides to stop the heat getting to the sapwood back.
This V short vid shows what I mean:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM1_A2A0_TI
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