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BowEd:
Yes it's pretty hard to chase a ring on a board.Especially maple and a dried board.The sawmill cuts it at an angle most times.

mikekeswick:
It doesn't matter in the finished bow but you need the single growth ring to be able to boil the core into shape at the start.
If the sinew is thick enough the core feels no tension on its back. If it did it would break regardless of the grain. The grain of the back of the core is always violated when shaping the core prior to sinewing.

BowEd:
Thanks but now since the board attempts I've acquired through trade regular hard maple sapling and trunk wood lengths of 4' long and a good 1.5" wide and 1" thick pieces.
The boards were just way too much of a pain.

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