Every Selfbowyer should know how to splice Billets...... Here's a pictorial I've put together showing how to splice billets using a Double Fishtail Splice.......
 http://bowyersworkshop.com/splicing1.htm  
Terry

Nothing like pics, thanks for sharing. Bue--.

Thanks, AZ. Just in time.    Jawge

Nice job Terry.  

Thanks Bue.... I'm a picture guy myself.....
I started this splice last weekend from a billet Mike gave me a while back..... I had to saw it up the middle to get 2 Billets and they went together really well....Hope it helps Jawge looking forward to your build along.....    Terry

Awesome job my friend! Looks like a hum-dinger to me. Good saw work, having the bottom of the billets square to the intended splice is upmost importance.

Sparky

I used to use a "Z" splice but Jim Fetrow taught me how to do the double fishtail splice and I've been using it ever since.......It's really no harder to do and it gives ya a lot more glued surface area in the splice...... Terry

Thank you Sparky and good point......It is very critical that the vertical planes are paralell to each other on any splice..... Terry

Great pics Terry.  Thanks.

Clint

Nice pictorial Terry. The W splice or double fishtail splice was the most popular splice in the 40's and 50's. It's the one my dad used all the time. You did a great job of explaining it with good pics.

BTW is that a blade of grass I see in your yard in the next to last pic?  

Very nice pictorial Terry.  

Mickey..... I've dug that darn green stuff out of that spot and sprayed it and it keeps coming back.....  :rolleyes:  Guess I just need to give in and call that spot a lawn....  :D  Terry

LMAO...that's a good'en Terry

Sparky

Maybe I can get Calvin to build me a mini lawnmower.....    Terry

OR you could just use the tweezers out of your hunting kit  

Very educational for me and thanks for sharing.

Very nice job Terry! Good clear pics, and directions.          

Terry, great pics but I have a question?? When you chase a ring on that spliced stave if I can call it that how do you chase two different rings as the rings do not match up perfectly that i can see?.............Mac~

Terry, all the mini-lawnmowers that I made broke, until I started wrapping them with sinew.        sinew is magic!   :D

nice thread too, by the way. I will reference it.