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A splice badly cut, a newbie tip

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Will B:
Thank you for this information, Eric. I have a bunch of Osage billets I plan to splice up. I’ve only ever done one splice. Very timely and helpful!

Piddler:
Gonna have to attempt this myself one day so thanks for putting it out there. Eric what is your glue of choice.
Piddler

bownarra:

--- Quote from: Eric Krewson on August 25, 2022, 09:20:05 am ---I have spliced enough billets for over 100 bows and pretty much have it down.

One thing that surprises me is when people think they need to put dowels through the splice sideways to "reinforce the splice". I actually did this on my first splice or two 26 years ago, the wood cracked at the dowels.

I only make 3 1/2" splices to better hide the splice under the handle leather, in all the splices bows I have made I have never had a splice fail.

--- End quote ---

Probably done a few more than that myself ;) The trick with being an expert is realizing you don't know it all....and never will. Keeping an open mind facilitates learning. Nobody knows everything. I prefer 3 3/4"
People who think they need a dowel to re-enforce a splice are beginners that don't know better yet. Beginners generally don't know it all yet :) It is actually a good state of mind to be in - it leaves you open to learning things....

Eric Krewson:
I used Unibond  for glue, good glue but not as good as the old Urac 185.

Badger:
One thing I started doing several years ago on billets with too much crown is that I build up the back with something like flour dough or even dry wall mud and then grind it flat before I glue on my template. I know that urac and epoxies are stronger, but I have gotten by just using tightbond 90% of the time.

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