Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: MaceG on September 02, 2009, 09:39:27 pm
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Got a red oak board, I've smoothed the edges. Do you think burnishing might help to keep a possible splinter from popping up?
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dont know bout board bows but i allways burnish my bow before i put tru oil on.
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This is my third bow, my first board bow. Dimensioned lumber just seems wrong, but I'm staveless, so I thought I'd give it a try.
Thanks for your reply.
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It could but keep in ind that once you burnish the wood won't absorb stain. Jawge
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At this point rounding the edges would be more practical. I have never burnished a bow and never had a reason to do so. ::)
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never boned a bow, Pat? Not even that mega warbow you made?
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Never! ;D not even...
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I do sometimes and sometime not.If it looks a little porous on the sides after scraping and sanding I will. :)
Keep in mind what George said about stain.I don't stain much so that usually don't matter.I do think it helps in keeping moisture out. :)
Pappy
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Yeah, if it repels stain it ought to help turn water. I'm thinking maybe I'll finish it with linseed oil, then a coat of paraffin and burnish it in.
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Round those edges!
Use your scraper and round off any edges a bow. Sharp corners are a no-no.
Burnishing was/is done for a bow's back to keep fibers down, but I never saw much benefit in it.. one way or the other. I don't burnish anymore.. not for years.
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I never saw much benefit in it.. one way or the other. I don't burnish anymore.. not for years.
I used to rub my bows down with horsefeathers at the time of the full moon... O:)