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Pat B:
That's right, Dana.  CC, either of those end grains will work for a hickory board  bow but the grain lines running down the edge and down the back are more inportant to pay attention to, If the grain in either place runs off of the stave too sharply, thats when you get in trouble.   Pat

Newbowyer:
Great news. My dad went to a party that a one of his co-workers had. They got talking and somehow the guy learned I made bows in a conversation with my dad. Apparently he is familiar with the subject of selfbows. He said he had a bag of rattlesnake skins wondered if I wanted them . My dad said he would ask so hopefully I will be getting a bag of snake skins! How cool is that? Also I recieved access to a wood working shop through one of my dads friends also! But I wont be able to use for a couple months because the guy is gone in florida.


So tommorow I am going to go ahead with roughing the bow out. Hopefully I can post pics

DanaM:
Thats awesome Coca Cola a free bag of skins, I think their runnin about $45/pair at 3 Rivers. Nice find

Dana

Justin Snyder:
Coca Cola,  Most of my bows are board bows and I have spent hours digging through stacks of boards looking for the right one.  I am curious where the big knot ended up when you layed out the bow.  Is it mid limb or in the handle or what?  If you are only looking to get 40 # you could go a little narrower, but its not necessary.  First thing I would do is cut the cracked portion out of the other board.  If you can stop the crack you can still use the good portions of the other board for built up risers. (glue on handles)   Now if you can lay out and trace that other bow onto this board with the handle over the knot that would be great.  I started to type how I would proceed, but lets see were that knot ends up first. You don't want it in the edge of the board either.  Justin

Pat B:
Can you cut the board in half  and splice it back to your advantage?   Just another thought!   Pat

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