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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: mspink on November 21, 2010, 11:33:00 pm

Title: heat treated maple bow
Post by: mspink on November 21, 2010, 11:33:00 pm

Hello, finished another one. 48lb @ 26" maple bow. From a board but needed a couple rings cut down on top. Heated 1 1/2 inches reflex into it, still holds 1" after a day of shooting. Handle is just scraps of tanned deer hide i had laying around. hope yall enjoy..

Title: Re: heat treated maple bow
Post by: mspink on November 21, 2010, 11:36:43 pm

more pics

Title: Re: heat treated maple bow
Post by: ken75 on November 21, 2010, 11:48:55 pm

48lbs outta get the job done ,nice bow ! i've never heat treated to that extint , do you think it will hurt the life span of the bow ?

Title: Re: heat treated maple bow
Post by: mspink on November 21, 2010, 11:58:48 pm

This is my second heat treat so far.. And it should last as long as a regular bow.. I let it reach equilibrium in the basement for a week..

Title: Re: heat treated maple bow
Post by: NTD on November 22, 2010, 12:16:34 am

HOLY CRAP!!! :o :o :o  That black is charring from heat treating???  That's insane, it'll be an experiment for sure...

Title: Re: heat treated maple bow
Post by: NTD on November 22, 2010, 12:19:57 am

Looks like you didn't char the tips?  That's the one good place where it is definitely okay AND good heating heavy, allows you to get especially narrow on the tips.

Title: Re: heat treated maple bow
Post by: Thwackaddict on November 22, 2010, 12:55:36 am

thats some pretty serious heat ya got there,black is not good,hope it holds.jus curious but why did you put that much heat on it?

Title: Re: heat treated maple bow
Post by: mspink on November 22, 2010, 01:33:14 am

i have shot this bow a few hundred times.. Pretty confident itll hold together, i stopped before it turned black. It does look really dark in the photo though. Time will tell i suppose.

Title: Re: heat treated maple bow
Post by: Thwackaddict on November 22, 2010, 01:37:48 am

Hopefully it will hold,Great job on the tiller!!Looks good ;)

Title: Re: heat treated maple bow
Post by: Del the cat on November 22, 2010, 04:28:12 am

Great bow, nice clean and simple.
I love your little hunter logo, he looks like one happy stick man ;D
Del

Title: Re: heat treated maple bow
Post by: Parnell on November 22, 2010, 11:34:47 am

So did you tiller the back of the bow and leave the belly "rough" from the original board?  I heat treat to that color now.  I used to go much lighter but believe the better result for white woods is to the level you took it.  Seems to me as long as your not lighting an ember in the process, your good.  Nicely done.

Title: Re: heat treated maple bow
Post by: ohma on November 22, 2010, 11:51:12 am

great tiller on that.and i to like your little stick man.