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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: JWMALONE on March 13, 2018, 05:05:16 pm

Title: heat treating lemon wood?
Post by: JWMALONE on March 13, 2018, 05:05:16 pm

Hey guys I just got the bow glued up but was wondering if lemon wood benefited from heat treating. Its a 64 inch R/D.

Title: Re: heat treating lemon wood?
Post by: PatM on March 13, 2018, 05:19:49 pm

Tropical woods tend to not like heat. Bit late anyway with the glue up done.

Title: Re: heat treating lemon wood?
Post by: JWMALONE on March 13, 2018, 05:39:30 pm

Thanks Pat,  I thought I read that some were about lemon wood but wasn't sure. This is the first time I've ever seen the stuff. What little tillering I did to get it in the form it seems great to work with. Not exactly like other tropicals I've worked with, better id say

Title: Re: heat treating lemon wood?
Post by: Springbuck on March 13, 2018, 06:02:32 pm

  Yeah, we heat treat other woods to make them act more like the "premium" woods.  I don't know much about lemonwood, but other dense tropicals I tried anything with didn't like or didn't need heat-treating.  Most are really stubborn even about steam bending.