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Do wooden arms warp

I hate to sound stupid or pedantic, but I have historically done a lot of woodwork - turning/routering/bedmaking. The single biggest problem is locating wood that does not warp.
Wood cut and left to settle over 50 years continue to warp, likewise, even very old wood warps as well. In my experience when a piece is smaller/thinner it is more pronounced unless there is some lamination (not always a cure). I am yet to come across or find a treatment which stops warping. It would be nice if a manufacturer of such an arm chimes in on this thread, because arms such as: Durand, Shroder, Reed etc all have wood arms/options and they really are the most expensive arms out there.
lohanimal
isochronism
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If I were suddenly thrust into 425 degrees, I'd grasp for anything in panic.....
even The Teleportation Tweak. What else is there to lose... :)
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swampwalker
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Geoff- if you look at the graph in the appendix of that paper, you will see that the temperature vs humidity effect is acconted for and when you extrapolate back to 0% relative humidity you can see that the maximum 45 minute tolerable temp is a tad over 160 degrees. And I'd be hard pressed to believe that they would subject the officers to something they had not tested on the enlisted men first. Remember that an internal temp of 165 degrees is well done for a piece of meat, which of course is what we are. To say nothing about heat stroke, which is classified as a medical emergency and occurs when your core temperature exceeds 105 degrees. Sorry, I ain't buyin.
isochronism
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Swamp, you made a few very good points
Geoff, how can you maintain that raw humor basted @212 degrees? :)
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geoffkait
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Listen up, this just in...

"Who knows. But I read in Guinness Book of World Records that the US Air Force did experiments back in the 60's where they subjected naked men (briefly) to 400 degrees F, and heavily-clothed men to 500 degrees F with no ill effects."

Cheers, GK
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geoffkait
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Isochronism, if you walk into the sauna at 220 degrees directly from the Steam Room next door at say 140 degrees it actually feels like room temperature in the sauna, at least for the first few seconds. Hint: it's the humidity. I be been in the sauna at 220 for up to twenty minutes, no ppppproblem.
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