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Hickory Backed Massaranduba Build Along and help
DarkSoul:
The hickory board isn't too bad, but I certainly won't use it for a warbow. It's the midlimb-to-be area that bothers me most, the transition from heartwood to sapwood has about eight run offs short after one another. If this were in the handle, or near the tip, you could be fine, but it's risky in the midlimb. I wouldn't dare giving you a maximum safe heaviest weight, simply because wood isn't that predictable (unfortunately). You may just get away with a 100# bow, but I would not feel comfortable with that grain for anything over 50 pounds.
Will Carothers:
i understand, i think the person whose tools i use would be willing to trade this board for a pecan or hickory he may have, if he has one with straighter grain.
here is my last ditch effort, what if i cut to these lines
Even though it would end short of the board, i would still have 78 inches of rectangle board, and on this section drawn out there are barely any runnouts. I don't know if this would work, but i think it is similar to what is mentioned is mentioned in TBB V2 in bows from boards, about how to true a board to the trees original surface.
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I would have risked it with grain. I will make two lams(1/8")for back and I will stick them in this way.
George
DarkSoul:
--- Quote from: Will Carothers on June 28, 2012, 07:39:23 pm ---here is my last ditch effort, what if i cut to these lines
Even though it would end short of the board, i would still have 78 inches of rectangle board, and on this section drawn out there are barely any runnouts.
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Wrong! You may be cutting along the rings (not grain) in one dimension, but the grain is still not straight in the other dimension. It's hard to explain in words, but you have to visualize the board was cut from a round log that would create such rings. There is no possible way it could be cut by giving you those V-shaped run offs in the centre of the board, while the edges would have straight grain. My bet is that you can see the run offs on the SIDES on that board even better. Surface those edges to see what I mean.
No way you can cut a straight grained piece out of that board unless you can chase a ring (but there's probably too many run offs in that board to leave you enough thickness after chasing a ring).
Ian.:
I would be surprised if the Hickory failed, I have seen much worse survive just fine.
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