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Rick;
Shake them and see if the sets come out, they should. What you're seeing is pretty common and not just to homemade rods, I've had some high end rods in the shop that did this pretty bad. Actually, of all the rods I'e tested for this phenomenon, the worst were a Payne, a Leonard and an Edwards, the best were several(not all by any means) of my own and a Heddon 14. When to worry is if the bend won't come out by shaking it vigorously as Vince Marinaro says to do after landing a big fish, then the bamboo is bad or the glue bond holding the rod together is shot. I've had some SB's, Monty's and H-I's that were like bending wire and no amount of shaking did any good, they were just plain bad rods. Oh, this only workd soon after bending, the longer you let them sit there bent the harder it will be to get it out without heat. BTW, I use pretty much the same heat treatment of the bamboo and Epon as you, workd fine for me.
john