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Inside out?
stuckinthemud:
I had no idea this was possible. All my staves are high-crowned, could you also reverse such a stave; the compression would be loaded on a very narrow strip, wouldn’t it? Or, is it like a way of trapping the belly?
Selfbowman:
I’ve built only a couple like this . Here is my take on this . Concaving the back puts more strain on the belly’s middle and adding tension on the outer side of limbs back. Does this give a bow good cast I think so maybe. You probably should make sure the back edges are honed good. Now if you concave the back and round the belly? Now the engineers can explain my-probably wrong thinking. 🤠🤠🤠 s
Badger:
I have done that a few times now but I treated it more like a straight grained board. took the edges down to where it was flat but made sure I was still on one ring for each strip.
Pappy:
I just as Arvin said round the belly being sure to keep the limb thickness the same from side to side, if you flatten the belly you will have rails on the edges that will will take a lot of strain and will break at that point, ask me how i know that ??? ;) :) I treat it just as I do a concave back stave. :)
Pappy
Mo_coon-catcher:
I’m the end it wont function much differently than a decrowned stave. Just make sure the grain lines run even and parallel like if you did a decrowning.
Kyle
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