How to Curve your own sticks?

[CheesePlz 0]

Does anyone know how to mold your own blade d get a different curve?

I've tried several times on my blades. The first time i used a blow torch on my SL and the composite layer just separated from the blade. The second time I tried it, I used a heat gun and the same thing happened. Is there something i need to put on the blade before so it doesn't de-laminate? Anyone do this before? Any tips?

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

Covered a bunch of times (use the search function in the yellow bar at the top if you like to check them out first hand) but bottom line is that everyone who tries it pretty much says that it ruins the blade. Best results seemed to only last a few games. The epoxy resin that holds the carbon fibre and stuff together pretty much cooks at a diff temp than the composites and the end result is the bubbling mess you mention.

[habsfan87 0]

I've only tried it once on cpmposite (junk blade to me so I experimented) and like Olgie said it only lasted a little while and weakened it. If you really want to try curving your own sticks Id suggest wood, even then it won't be as structural.

[chikinpotpie 138]

buy wood its easier

[Dean_ 0]

When i curved a couple of woodies all i did was heated up the blade with a heat gun and when the blade was soft enough i put it in a clamp and curved it.

[interpathway 9]

Does anyone know how to mold your own blade d get a different curve?

I've tried several times on my blades. The first time i used a blow torch on my SL and the composite layer just separated from the blade. The second time I tried it, I used a heat gun and the same thing happened. Is there something i need to put on the blade before so it doesn't de-laminate? Anyone do this before? Any tips?

ive used my natural gas stove in my kitchen to curve my CCM OPS perfectly, but after 20 or 30 hours of shooting time the curves usually slowly shift back to where they were originally; you can put an OV curve on composites, it just wont last forever :(

[t-bone 1]

Think low heat - high pressure. It is very tricky with composites. I had some success with heating the blade to the point where I can still touch it for a couple of seconds. No hotter than that. Then I use pro-curve and crank it hard . Let it cool of on it's own. Seems to work ok but takes time and patients. Mistakes are ugly and expensive. Experiment with broken stuff first.

[RadioGaGa 162]

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