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Osage orange design?
WhistlingBadger:
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on January 22, 2026, 01:02:14 pm ---Hey buddy, those rings look delicious! I think you got some good wood there if you can thread the needle, as you so eloquently put it! Almost makes me wanna hone my draw knife and drive over to help you chase rings!
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I wish you could! I'm glad the rings aren't super narrow. I've never chased rings before so hopefully this log will take it fairly easy on me.
WhistlingBadger:
A single, thin coat of shellac is sufficient to seal the back, correct?
TimBo:
Yup. A couple of thin coats wouldn't hurt, but I usually just do one. Cheap paint also works if you are chasing a ring anyway.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: WhistlingBadger on January 21, 2026, 09:58:36 pm ---Here are what the rings look like. I think these checks are going to be hard to avoid, but hopefully once I get the bark off I can find a place to thread the needle somewhere.
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from the pic here i see that there may be at least two bows with good rings here. Id get the bark off and sap wood down to first good ring then see where you are at for cracks or checks. I bet you find that you can get 2 bow staves. Another thing i would do is when you get to the stage of 2 staves would be sure to keep your belly drops. if you use a band saw this is easy but if you dont have one you may be able to make an angled cut near the fade down to about 1/2' up from back ring and split it off right to the tip. you can use these belly drops to make good sliced bows or laminate bows too.
WhistlingBadger:
Yeah, I don't have a band saw; I do everything with hand tools. My belly drops generally either turn into kids' bows or smoking wood. -C-
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