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Offline soy

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cherry?
« on: November 18, 2011, 12:17:52 am »
Do I leave the sapwood on cherry or work it down to the heart wood??? Thanks for any help ;D
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Re: cherry?
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2011, 12:44:20 am »
Hi Soy,  I haven't worked cherry, but other Prunus sp. are treated as "white" woods.  Just remove the bark and start tillering.   Ron
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Offline Pat B

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Re: cherry?
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2011, 12:52:15 am »
Long ago I built a few cherry bows and they were from right under the bark. Long and wide as per Paul Comstock.
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Re: cherry?
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2011, 03:53:22 am »
Thanks for the feed back, in it is ;)
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: cherry?
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2011, 04:27:54 pm »
I scraped off the cadmium layer on one that I built.  That's all.
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