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Splicing billets the easy way
Justin Snyder:
Thanks Roger, I'm going to cut a whole bunch of mulberry that is only about 4-5 feet. I figure it will make a lot of good billets but not much for staves. Now if you can just teach me how to cut a straight line with my saw. Justin
Roger:
Thanks Bob...don't tell me ya was hackin them bows out with flint tools while the dinosaurs was roamin around was ya... ;)
Good deal Justin...Mulberry makes awesome bows. Glad it helped.
R
duffontap:
Very nice Roger, Just the kind of thing this site needs.
J. D.
Badger:
Good post Roger, most spliceing is used on billets but it is still a valuable tool for boards as finding a board with 3 ft of straight grain is easier than finding a board with 6 ft. I normally use the z plice but may try your splice next time. Got a couple of osage billets sitin right next to me waiten to get spliced. Steve
Roger:
Steve, I like the "fishtail" better than the "Z" because I find that any tip alignment problems at glue up are easier to adjust if using "tree stave" billets. It also gives a bit more glue line in the splice. The ones in the pics were actually decrowned Lemonwood billets I got from Jim Fetrow years ago. Finally got around to doing something with them... ;D
R
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