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Hillbilly:
Pat, this thread reminded me-you gave me a strip of bamboo flooring a few years ago that I stuck up in the rafters and promptly forgot about until now. Do you remember whether it was vertical or horizontal boo?
Pat B:
Steve, It is the horizontal stuff. These 2, 36" pieces are the only vertical stuff I had. Pat
Little John:
Pat, just wondering if you considered just using another backing strip? Are you using the boo because you have it or because it might work real good? Good luck. Ken
Pat B:
Kenneth, This was another one of my screw ups like "O Yew Guys" that I brought to Colorado with "Elkie". If this one turnes out half as well as O Yew Guys did, I'll be happy. And this was the best boo for backing I ever prepared so I don't want to waste that. So I'll add these strips of vertical boo to the belly and see what I come up with. Heck, If it doesn't work out I'll grind all of this off and make a BBO. Pat
Pat B:
Well, I screwed up again when I glued the boo to the belly. I had grinded the hickory to about 1/8" but left it thicker at the handle area. After the boo glue up, I realized that it would be too thick at the handle area and there would be no boo left if I tried to correct it(at the handle) so I ground all of the boo off completely and the hickory at the handle then thinned all of the hickory along the bow. Then I added 2 osage slats, with a bevel joint at the handle and glued it down with TBIII.
The pics below are of the glue up(boo/hic/osage) and the bow after the clamps were removed. The boo and hickory were glued up in Perry reflex and after I added the osage the reflex remained the same...about 3 1/2". I also narrowed the width a slight bit and may do more if needed.
Since this is the third time I have tried to make these components a bow the name "Thrice" poped into my head so if she makes a bow, that's her name..."Thrice".
Here are a few pics...with clamps on, after the clamps removed and the handle area showing all of the layers. Pat
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