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Del the cat:
I'll take one half if you like ;)  ;D ::) ???
Del

Muskyman:
Nice straight looking piece of wood there Pat. I wasn’t aware you could use a sap ring for the back on a sapling. Now I’ve got to ask how long will you have to dry it before you can make your bow.

superdav95:
Pat.  Have you considered a semi hollow limb build?  I think it could be a good candidate for this with higher crown worked down to one of those fatter heartwood rings.  Fwiw

Pat B:
Dave, I've never tried a HLD. I'll have to think about it.

Pat B:
After the pole sat in the basement for a week I went down today and cut it to 6" then sawed it in half lengthwise. You can see from the pics that there is already tension in the halves. I sealed the ends of both halves and bound them back together. I added spacers between the halves but there was so much tension that some of the spacers fell out but the air space is still there. Now the waiting begins. I'd like to give these halves at least 2 months to at lease fry some before I start on a bow. Here are a few pics...

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