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Re: soaking cane

Author: cjwright
Date: 2011-06-27 21:15

The water might cool, but the expansion of the cane fibers do not retract as quickly. By the time you tie it and let it sit, the fibers will still be expanded, and the torque as the fibers shrink while being lashed to a metal tube (i.e. staple) is greater than the torque if they shrank less.

I think this can give all sorts of subtle tie problems, which can compound into bigger problems. By the way, in my opinion is the most under-estimated step in the whole reedmaking process, but that's a different story.

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