osage and wenge

[Dmaxshawn]

I just happened to go into one of my favorite stores and found 2 x 2 x 18 blocks of osage and wenge wood for 10 dollars each.  Well I'll just go ahead and buy those two and mate them up to make some bows.    So I hot melt them together and them band saw them and it should be a almost perfect fit or is there another trick to mating wood for swoops in risers.  All help would be appreciated.  

Thanks
Shawn

[Apex Predator]

My bandsaw is not the best, so I cut the first piece and then have to sand the saw marks out.  I then trace the clean edge on the other piece.  Yeah, I waste some wood occasionally.  I wish I could afford good blade guides and tires for my worn out saw!

[Pennsyltuckey pete]

Shawn,

I do the same thing that Apex does with the rickety old band saw and the sander.  The one other step that I do after grinding is to tooth the wood using an 18 tooth per inch hack saw blade.  This roughens the wood and increases the glue area making a stronger joint.



this is what it does to the wood after two passes.



pete

[Apex Predator]

I sand my surfaces with 36-50 grit and have never had a problem.  I would think that the rough surface from toothing would cause you to have a fuzzy glue line?  I could be wrong though.

[Dmaxshawn]

I have toothed the risers when glueing them together but not on the fades.  Like Marty said I sand with a 36 belt.


Thanks Shawn