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Earlywood latewood mix?
bownarra:
Earlywood and latewood are ways to describe parts of a single growth ring.
Russ:
Sorry bownarra… I meant heartwood sapwood lol. Had a little brain fart there
bassman211:
Only white wood I have ever chased a ring on was a white oak stave with thick growth rings. Results were about the same as just removing the bark for the back. Unless you are experimenting you need not chase white wood for your bow's back. With Osage, and black locust I always chase to a heart wood ring. Seems to make the best bows doing it that way on yellow wood for me. From what I have read though heart wood Hickory bows have set some records in the past for flight shooting.
scp:
Just in the title. The content of the original post is fine.
IMHO, for Hickory staves, for the usual draw weights, nothing much matters. I just remove all defects on the back and make it reasonably flat. I never had any need to follow a ring. I bet we can even use the contrast for camouflage or decoration.
Russ:
--- Quote from: bassman211 on April 11, 2022, 11:12:14 am ---Only white wood I have ever chased a ring on was a white oak stave with thick growth rings. Results were about the same as just removing the bark for the back. Unless you are experimenting you need not chase white wood for your bow's back. With Osage, and black locust I always chase to a heart wood ring. Seems to make the best bows doing it that way on yellow wood for me. From what I have read though heart wood Hickory bows have set some records in the past for flight shooting.
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i would have loved to just take off the bark, but this was a belly split piece. Is really hard to chase since the rings are so thin but im chasing a ring above the ring im going to use, then im going to scrape down to it Im honestly just glad i could get 2 staves from the one quartered log so i cant complain too much!
scp im really interested in your process for making a hickory bow because i just talked to a guy who did the same. what do you mean remove all defects, and when you say make it reasonably flat do you mean you just de crowned it?
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