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Title: grain runout on osage
Post by: fujimo on October 31, 2011, 01:10:00 AM

i have a nice straight stave of osage( not a snakey piece of wood), but because it was sawn and not split,
it has a bit of runout on the sides-
back ring is good( will get a photo- as soon as i have finished chasing the back ring)
will this still work for for a 50# bow about 66" long and 28" draw.
should i back it with some silk- or what else is recommended- as it has to be finished in about the next week.- so i am geussing some kind of backing that i can put on with titebond III, if i need to.
thanks

Title: Re: grain runout on osage
Post by: Osagetree on October 31, 2011, 03:10:00 AM

I'm gonna need a pic before I can say. Good to see you're at it again.

Title: Re: grain runout on osage
Post by: fujimo on October 31, 2011, 10:02:00 AM

thanks OT
will get a pic up soon.
thx

Title: Re: grain runout on osage
Post by: Pat B on November 01, 2011, 09:56:00 AM

How wide is your stave? You can easily build a hunting weight bow from a 1" wide osage stave if necessary.
Pics will surely help!

Title: Re: grain runout on osage
Post by: George Tsoukalas on November 08, 2011, 08:02:00 AM

Sawn or split...follow the lateral grain with a pencil line down the
center. Like this...

http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/layout.html

Jawge

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