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Pat B:
Matt, I had thought about scabbing on another piece of hickory over the hinged area but yesterday I reduced the thickness of the hickory belly to about 1/8" so I need an entire new belly.
Thanks Marc and Lennie, I'll give this a try. I have used the horizontal boo flooring for a few bows but was disappointed with the performance. I got these 2 pieces(vertical flooring) at the same time as the other but until now didn't know what to do with it. Should I taper these pieces a bit first or will it be OK to taper it after glue up while tillering?
Dave, I have other boo backing I could use for a belly(I'd have to temper first)but trying to figure out ultimate draw weight is more than my pea brain can handle.
So, unless someone else has suggestions, I'll go ahead and glue these boo pieces to the belly and retiller. Pat
tom sawyer:
You woudn't need to pretiller unless you want to glue it in some reflex. But it would probably be a good idea to at least taper it some, your probably not going to need too much thickness to make the weight back up on your bow.
Pat B:
Thanks Lennie, I'll glue it down first then taper as I tiller. I was worried about lifting a power fiber by violating them then stressing them. Pat
snedeker:
Go for it Pat. My comment expressing uncertaintly was from lack of familiarity
Pat B:
I'm gonna do it. We'll see what happens. Thanks for the help. Pat
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