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ScottRoush:
Great.. thank you Del.

Yes.. mine penetrates to the sapwood.  I should have explained that in the two pictures above. One shows the knot on the belly.. another shows the knot in the sapwood. Would I plug both sides?

Just curious... Once filled with epoxy/saw dust.. does the plug just become an aesthetic thing.. or does a plug of the same material as the bow behave better than the epoxy?

(edit:  yes... I'm aiming for 100 pounds on this bow.. if it falls to 90 I won't be heart broken.. just a tad disappointed.)

WillS:
As a side note Scott, how extreme are those tapers on the belly? The log has clearly been put through a bandsaw, and there doesn't look like much belly is left, but without references to size it's hard to tell.  The reason I ask is you might find that keeping a square cross section is tricky and you might be forced to go slightly more triangular than is ideal - in which case dropping to something under 100# would be wuse to avoid excessive set.  I may be wrong though and you may have enough width/depth.

Basically, could you fit a 40mmX40mm square in cross section smack in the middle of the bow, or do the sides drop away too drastically?

ScottRoush:
Oh I should be fine with 40mmx40mm.  But I was surprised at how reduced that stave already was when I got it.  The other self bows I've made were basically from logs... osage.

WillS:
Just means less work for you ;)

I remember buying a really stunning stave of European yew - one of those "one in a million" staves - and the guy who had split it on the bandsaw had tried to get as much as possible from one log, and the stave was so drastically tapered from back to belly that I couldn't use it all! Very frustrating!

Best of luck with this bow Scott, the stave looks great and with the experience on here you should be absolutely fine to make a good bow.  Post pics, ask questions etc!  I look forward to learning from your thread!

ScottRoush:
Okay.... quick question on the layout of this relative to that knot.  I'm assuming it would be best to just keep the knot centered and fill it?  It MIGHT be possible to avoid it.  You can see in this picture a string I've laid out.   The stave is 2 inches wide at center tapering to 1 inch at tips.   It is 1 3/4" inches thick. It has that obvious taper from sawing and the belly width is a little over 1 inch.

So.. is it worth trying to layout in a way that keeps the knot out of the picture?  I suppose I will have to experiment with sketching it out on the back to see if it's even possible..

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