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Title: Did I overheat and damage my back?
Post by: Hilongbow on November 23, 2020, 03:53:45 pm

Happy Thanksgiving week everyone. I am working on an osage bow and was doing some heat corrections to get the limb profile I want. I overheated one section moving the heat gun back and forth across the belly and sides, and I got some discoloration on the sides and back. Has anyone else made this mistake and had good or bad luck? Curious what to expect.

Thanks!

(https://i.imgur.com/NNrBYhP.jpg)

Title: Re: Did I overheat and damage my back?
Post by: Selfbowman on November 23, 2020, 03:59:58 pm

Probably not just lightly sand and continue. Arvin

Title: Re: Did I overheat and damage my back?
Post by: bjrogg on November 23, 2020, 05:57:35 pm

I’m thinking your probably ok. Especially that far out the limb. I do try to avoid that though. But I have tinted a few like that.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Did I overheat and damage my back?
Post by: George Tsoukalas on November 23, 2020, 06:21:08 pm

I thought you exercised too much and hurt your back. :)

Bow looks good.

Jawge

Title: Re: Did I overheat and damage my back?
Post by: Eric Krewson on November 23, 2020, 09:48:36 pm

It happens, no big deal but do let your bow to rehydrate for a few days before you do much tillering.

Title: Re: Did I overheat and damage my back?
Post by: Hilongbow on November 24, 2020, 01:24:50 am

Haha well my back does hurt but it I can tell you with certainty that it isn't from exercising too much.

Thanks for the advice, I'm glad to hear it might not be as bad as I thought. I will continue on as planned. I still have to do corrections to the other limb and I move slow so it'll have plenty of time to rehydrate. Should be quick considering we've gotten about 9 inches of rain in the last week and might not see the sun again until the weekend.