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Tri-lam tiller check (Boo Backing Problems...)
Del the cat:
You can only try it and see.
I was going to suggest the out 1/3 of the limbs could bend a tad more. That would also help take some weight off that grip section.
Bear in mind laminates are not my thang... so I reserve the right to be wrong!
Del
Dag:
Thanks for all the replies guys. I think I'll go with Toomanyknots on this one. This bow has been sitting as a stave for over 2 years now :o maybe the boo just dried out a bit too much, idk.
I think a hickory backing would suit this bow well. A few questions about that, should the hickory be brought to a single growth ring? That seems like it would be ideal. Is it possible to use a hick backing that is not down to a single ring? If so what should the orientation of the grain be in relation to the bow?
adb:
And that's why I don't use bamboo anymore...
adb:
--- Quote from: Dag on October 30, 2013, 05:39:12 pm ---Thanks for all the replies guys. I think I'll go with Toomanyknots on this one. This bow has been sitting as a stave for over 2 years now :o maybe the boo just dried out a bit too much, idk.
I think a hickory backing would suit this bow well. A few questions about that, should the hickory be brought to a single growth ring? That seems like it would be ideal. Is it possible to use a hick backing that is not down to a single ring? If so what should the orientation of the grain be in relation to the bow?
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Here's a 60# hickory backed yew. This is how I orient the grain.
toomanyknots:
--- Quote from: Dag on October 30, 2013, 05:39:12 pm ---:o maybe the boo just dried out a bit too much, idk.
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Maybe. In my opinion, (of course it is too late now though), but in the video you can tell it is working a bit too much in the middle, not enough everywhere else:
I would try to leave the middle stiffer (for about 6" - 8" in the center), and work everything else, than later on in tillering you can lightly scrap the middle to bring it around, that is one way. When I have removed the backing and re-glued another one, I cut it off on the bandsaw right above the core, and then use the belt sander to sand the rest down to the core I want, that way you make sure you don't cut too deep and ruin it.
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