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Old 13-11-06, 03:39 PM
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Riser: Eolla
Limbs: Yamaha Ceramic
Sight: Summit II
Stabilisers: Beiter
Button: Beiter
Bow String: 16 strand Fastflight
Arrows: ACE

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The technique is easy - just put the limb in hot water for a couple of minutes(hand hot, not boiling) correct the twist, wait to cool and repeat as necessary. String the bow, making sure the limb twist is gone, leave strung over night. A variant, shown me by Robin Robson formerly of Border, is to use infra-red heat lamps.

I'm not recommending this to anyone - try it strictly at your own risk! - , but I have done it successfully several times. However, I have not done it for many years, and only with wood cored limbs. I have no idea how more modern adhesives and synthetic cores would react.
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