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Splicing billets the easy way

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DanaM:
Radon I have never spliced billets yet, but from my onderstanding folks splice em
together all the time for a selfbow. A properly made and glued splice should be stronger than
the wood itself.

Justin Snyder:
Its really great when you have had a few bows blow.  You can splice the two good limbs together. Justin

Eric Kol:
Cool tutorial. not as scary as I anticipated. Now I know how to utilize the plum in my yard! Do you pin or dowel the splice point?

Pappy:
I use them in selfbows a lot,Gray Davis who showed me how to splice did over 100 last year for selfbows,he said he had never had one fail.I know I haven't out of maybe 10 bows that were spliced. :)
   Pappy

juniper junkie:
thanks for the post, I like the idea of drawing out the design on paper insead of measuring on the billets. I also like to drill through the splice from the side and insert a hardwood dowell for added strength. Radon, it wouldnt matter much unless the bow is bending in the handle, even then, the splice is really strong. this splice is also nice because you can induce reflex into your bow. thanks for sharing.

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