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Woodely:
"curious to hear more on the overlapping grain..." As I mentioned building laminate so its overlapping . 1 5/8" is not wide correct, kind of like saying a 10' home ceiling is high, yes and no.
sleek:
--- Quote from: SLIMBOB on March 15, 2019, 07:45:55 pm ---I’m not sure 1 5/8” at the fade qualifies as “wide” in my book. I would call that “not wide”. Somewhat “normal” even. So normal that I would bet most of the bows posted on this site are in fact wider than that. If you had argued that 4 inches wide posed a problem...might have had some takers. Even 3 inches. But at 1 5/8...you’ll have a hard time selling that that width is in anyway, anything other than...common. But I am curious to hear more on the overlapping grain...
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Kinda sounds like he had grain run out from back to belly rather than from side to side. Being a laminate, thats easy to do with a board.
sleek:
--- Quote from: Woodely on March 15, 2019, 08:05:11 pm --- "curious to hear more on the overlapping grain..." As I mentioned building laminate so its overlapping . 1 5/8" is not wide correct, kind of like saying a 10' home ceiling is high, yes and no.
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Maybe its not wide for a pine wood bow, or willow, or balsa. By not enough overlappimg grain, do you mean your backing strip was too thin? How thin was it? What woods are you using? How many have you made to base your conclusion on? Do you have any pics so we can better understand you?
SLIMBOB:
Maybe I misread. Didn’t you say that this one time only wide bow was 1 5/8” at the fades? If not, I apologize. If you did, then you defined that as “wide”. I’m just trying to follow.
DC:
--- Quote from: Badger on March 15, 2019, 07:44:32 pm --- The comments I made about short working areas on the limb can be easily confused. When I can get away with short working areas I dod but in most cases I need most of the limb working to avoid set. I usually leave the last 8 or 10" pretty stiff and I like longer fades like 3" or even a bit more only if I can get away with it and not take too much set. Avoiding set is my #1 priority.
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I agree with you on set being number one. Wouldn't a wider thinner limb be under less stress and take less set?
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