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Need advice regarding elderberry
mikekeswick:
Watch out for the elves....fine fellas but they don't make great bows....Leave the recurves for a shorter bow :)
Del the cat:
--- Quote from: Stalker on October 23, 2016, 10:49:30 am ---By breaking through you mean, channel will "come out" and bow will be "U" in cross section in the last 1/3 of limb? So that hollowed limb doesn't matter, or to put it another way, it won't be weak?
No sawing for me, I don't have bandsaw.
--- End quote ---
Yes I mean the channel will come out at some point. As I see it, the channel is no problem when it is well inside the bow, and it's no problem when it's exposed as a U... I'd be just a bit worried at the transition between those two states, as there will be a channel with a thin layer over it on the belly which I'd have thought likely to buckle. I wouldn't fancy having that transition mid limb on a warbow!
Del
meanewood:
I've done quite a few bows that the pith is exposed as the limb tapers.
It has never led to weakness but if your concerned, you could run super glue into it to toughen it up!
If you want to heat treat that part of the limb, I would scrape out the pith first, heat treat and then use a wood filler to fill the channel and then soak super glue into it.
If you try to heat treat the pith it will burn and leave scorch marks on the bow.
FilipT:
Why not simply cut away this thin transition of wood and expose the channel?
Mike, elves don't make great bows? What are elves most famous for if not superior bows and archery skills?
stuckinthemud:
making shoes :laugh:
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