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bubby
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birch & heat?
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August 28, 2012, 06:02:52 pm »
I'm working a piece of birch that i got from halfeye and was wondering how it responds to heat, was wanting to flip the tip's a bit, it's a eastern woodland style bow, Bub
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Marc St Louis
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Keep it flexible
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August 28, 2012, 07:56:42 pm »
Both Yellow and White Birch respond very well to dry and wet heat.
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RobWiden
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August 29, 2012, 01:14:11 am »
Ditto what Marc said. I use a lot of birch and just put it on the form after floor tillering and do whatever bending I want to do while I'm heat treating it. I find that heat treating really helps prevent chrysals too, but birch still needs to be wide.
'Course I learned this from Marc's article in TBB IV.
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Smells great when heating too
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