Heating Ipe

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I'me trying to salvage a boo backed ipe that splintered at a node.  It pulled a splinter of the ipe up too.  Anyway a me and a buddy was building it for him and it split while tillering.  He didn't want it anymore so he cut his handle off of it and I took it and ripped it thin enough to get the split out.  It ended up being 3/4 inch wide.  I've got my new handle on it and have it tillered all the way down to 28 inches.  I was doing it as a experiment.  It came in at 62#@28.  My question is the top limb had got a twist in it.  Can I heat it to get it out??  It was glued together with Urac.  I didn't think heat deactivated Urac but I'm not for sure.  Thanks for any help

[Pat B]

If it is glued up and is twisted you probably won't get the twist out unless you remove the backing first.  Also, heat doesn't work very well on most tropical woods for shaping or corrections.

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I'll just leave it along then.  Thanks Pat