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Tapering a Osage slat question
razorbak:
Well I got to say my luck sucks unwrap the Osage/boo blank this morning and noticed during the night the Osage cracked and open up on the end of the splice thru a knot on the belly side and I only put like 3” of reflex in the blank and was gonna glue up a handle this evening
Now I’m gonna clean up the sides and see if I can squeeze some ea40 in the crack, would this save the blank? I have a couple pictures but can’t figure how to post it here. The crack is horizontal and visibly opened?
razorbak:
Hello Mr .Eric I been following your threads and trying to do everything you told me to do in the PM I finally learned properly to do a Z splice thru your advice. I just can’t believe this luck I been having. I’ll send the pics to your email you sent a while back
Eric Krewson:
That knot got you but all is not lost. Glue up the crack, add a handle piece on top of it and make your fades at least 2 1/2" long so the area is non-bending. Sandwiched between the bamboo and handle it should hold up.
Long fades on a BBO, I find the ends are much less likely to lift if you put down a couple of 1/8" shims first before you add the thicker handle piece on top of these.
razorbak:
Thank you sir I sent pics to your email not sure if you received it. I plan to have the fades at least 3” to be safe
Eric Krewson:
I got the pictures
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