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knot going through side of bow limb??? advice please

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scp:
Del, with Yew, epoxy, length and your experience, those are extremely rare and far from "primitive" exceptions. Not even imaginable for the first bow.

George Tsoukalas:
Looks like a tough stave. If you continue be sure to tiller the knotted area slightly stiffer than the rest of the limb.  Jawge

Jim Davis:
I'm going to be sarcastic but useful:

Hurry up and break that stave so you will learn to reject bad wood and not waste your time on it.

Most who have made a lot of bows would only tackle a stave like that if they were bored with success and wanted a challenge. Beginners try anything because they don't have something better.

Del the cat:

--- Quote from: Jim Davis on April 13, 2022, 11:03:06 am ---I'm going to be sarcastic but useful:

Hurry up and break that stave so you will learn to reject bad wood and not waste your time on it.

Most who have made a lot of bows would only tackle a stave like that if they were bored with success and wanted a challenge. Beginners try anything because they don't have something better.

--- End quote ---
True, but it's also how we learn...
Del

BetterTrees:
I think it was somewhere is the first TBB that someone said "don't waste time and wood"
I am with Jim.

That's a stave for masters or masochists.

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