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chalkystreams
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Well I corrected some terrible angles I created during my first rough planing adventure and have a question for you guys... I don’t have enough planing or straightening/node flattening experience to know but have I made this more difficult by flaming the inner culm (Hayashida) and then working dry cane as opposed to soaking strips then straightening and doing nodes then roughing then strapping them to Harry’s fixtures and tossing them in an oven ? Thanks. Making progress anyway but the strips could be a tad more straight and I’m going to have to work on the nodes a little more.
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If you are going to heat treat in an oven there is no reason to flame the inside of the culm.


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Yeah I’m thinking that maybe the reason this cane is tougher to work than it would be if I delayed the heat treating until after I roughed. Then soaking may make it even easier to straighten and rough?

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Take this with a grain of salt because I am planing my 3rd rod so not much experience here. On my last rod I soaked the cane for the node work and planing the ruff 60* and it was a huge difference compared to working it dry. Search soaking bamboo, there is a thread on the topic.

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I also flame the culm, as well as flaming the enamel, and skip the oven. I've only made 12 rods, so not an expert, but the method has been around over 20 years, and I'd think someone would be preaching from a tall hill if there were long term issues with sets, flex, finish etc. As soon as I hear of a problem, I'll quit. Until then, I'll continue on.

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I have made rods by flaming the outside and inside only, flaming then heat treating in an iron pipe, flaming only the inside for blade rods, and flaming them treating in an oven. I haven’t seen that any method is superior to the other. I have made 118 rods/blanks. The oven just makes the process more precise and prevents overcooking, which can make the bamboo difficult to work with
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