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Title: Hoping It Holds RBBBO
Post by: Knawbone on March 06, 2011, 08:11:00 PM
Been working on my first attempt at a BBO. The only problem I had was my own ignorance. Without much thought, I sanded the nodes completely off the backing and thinned the whole backing down to the thickness I wanted, which is a little less than an 1/8" at the fades tapered to 1/16" at the tips. To remedy the problem, I asked some questions here on TG. As usual I got some excellant advice. So I backed the boo with rawhide. So basically its a boo lam backed with rawhide.A rawhide and boo backed osage. I guess I'm just woundering further if I should back it with anouther layer of rawhide or skins ect, or should it be strong anough. Any thoughts?
Title: Re: Hoping It Holds RBBBO
Post by: H8nonCubs on March 06, 2011, 08:47:00 PM
That rawhides pretty tough. I would think that a single layer would be fine. Any more than that would be extra mass that you don't need. Good luck
Title: Re: Hoping It Holds RBBBO
Post by: Knawbone on March 06, 2011, 08:55:00 PM
Thanks H, Yea I didn't want to add any more mass if I didn't have too. Thanks for settling my nerves. Bone
Title: Re: Hoping It Holds RBBBO
Post by: Pat B on March 06, 2011, 11:03:00 PM
One layer is plenty.