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WhistlingBadger:
Working on this bow from Rocky Mountain juniper.  It will be sinew backed.  It's about 60" long ntn, with a 4" handle and 4" fades.  Limbs are about 2" wide and fairly knot free...except for this beast.  It is almost exactly mid limb (the handle is directly behind the vise in the first picture).  The knot just goes inside and disappears; it doesn't come out on the belly or the back.

I've had a more terrible time than usual finding untwisted juniper lately, so I don't want to just discard the stave.  How would you work this?

WhistlingBadger:
in the picture, back is up, belly side is down.

ajooter:
What does it look like on the belly?  A lot of time a drawknife will pop it right out as long as it leaves you enough material.

Pappy:
This Hawthorn bow had 2 just like that, as ajooter said, if it don't go deep or come out the belly or back usually the will pop right out, I popped these out and filled them with epoxy , sanded it down and was just a little careful while tillering , maybe just a little less bend and left a little wider  in them areas, worked out fine.  :)
 Pappy

WhistlingBadger:
Well, it doesn't go all the way through.  The bulge is just on one side; I think it goes to the heart of the tree and stops, if that makes sense.  It is a fairly significant part of the wood so I don't know if there would be enough left if I just popped it out.

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