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D. Tiller:
Any of you just heat a section of the shaft then straighten it then set it aside to cool before heating and straightening another section? I have gotten into a method where I heat and straighten one shaft and then more on to another hand have six going at once. Do you all do it similar like?

DanaM:
Yuppers :)

Hillbilly:
Yep, or heat one end, then the other alternating.

Pat B:
With hardwood shoots I usually start with the most serious bends and straighten them. I do a few shafts at a time and set them aside til later. Then I come back and do the lesser bends and put them away again. Finally I temper them by starting at one end and rotate the shaft slowly over the flame while moving from one end to the other. When doing this be careful of possible steam coming out the far end. I take this time to scorch a camo pattern into the shaft. After tempering I wait a few days before making arrows in case the shaft is brittle from tempering.
   I'm still trying to get my groove with cane.  ;D      Pat   

JackCrafty:
Heat straightening is a bit tricky....I'll let a shaft cool if I use a lot of heat on a particular bend...but I usually try to straighten one shaft at a time.  If I put a shaft down, it takes me a while to get back in the "zone"......I lose my place, if you know what I mean.

With shoots, I use two straightening tools: one that has a sharp radius bend and the other with a larger radius.  I start with the worst bends first....because that is where the shoot is most likely to fail.  If the shoot breaks at this stage, I've saved myself some time.

With cane, I straighten the bends between the nodes first (easy) and then attack the nodes (difficult)....and I use only my hands.  If the bend is too difficult to remove with my bare hands, it will probably break if I use a straightening tool.  I also allow more time for cooling.

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