Author Topic: how long after heat treating??  (Read 2676 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Mo_coon-catcher

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,347
Re: how long after heat treating??
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2018, 02:20:06 am »
I’m in the shoot once it’s cool group. I usually heat treat either before I go to work or before bed. So that once done it’ll have atleast 10 hours to cool. And it’s usually about 24 hours before I can work on it again. I also leave them in the form until I’m ready to work on them. It seems to help hold the shape.

Kyle

Offline leonwood

  • Member
  • Posts: 762
    • Leonwood Bows
Re: how long after heat treating??
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2018, 05:42:51 am »
I let it cool overnight and continue tillering, never had a problem. Even did some heat treating in the morning and finish the tiller in the afternoon some times. This was with black locust though and that stuff seems pretty unbreakable to me

Offline High-Desert

  • Member
  • Posts: 876
Re: how long after heat treating??
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2018, 08:03:33 am »
I've never waited, just long enough where it fully cool, and I live in the desert. I'm guessing it depends on the wood. Tension strong woods, relative to the belly, probably aren't as critical to wait. But I only have experience heat treating yew, hickory,  osage, and (very limited) Dogwood, all tension strong woods. But I'm thinking waiting to be  on the safe side may be best.
Eric