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Every Selfbowyer should know how to splice Billets...... Here's a pictorial I've put together showing how to splice billets using a Double Fishtail Splice....... http://bowyersworkshop.com/splicing1.htm Terry
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Thanks Bue.... I'm a picture guy myself..... I started this splice last weekend from a billet Mike gave me a while back..... I had to saw it up the middle to get 2 Billets and they went together really well....Hope it helps Jawge looking forward to your build along..... Terry
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Awesome job my friend! Looks like a hum-dinger to me. Good saw work, having the bottom of the billets square to the intended splice is upmost importance.
Sparky
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I used to use a "Z" splice but Jim Fetrow taught me how to do the double fishtail splice and I've been using it ever since.......It's really no harder to do and it gives ya a lot more glued surface area in the splice...... Terry
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Thank you Sparky and good point......It is very critical that the vertical planes are paralell to each other on any splice..... Terry
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Nice pictorial Terry. The W splice or double fishtail splice was the most popular splice in the 40's and 50's. It's the one my dad used all the time. You did a great job of explaining it with good pics.
BTW is that a blade of grass I see in your yard in the next to last pic?
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Mickey..... I've dug that darn green stuff out of that spot and sprayed it and it keeps coming back..... Guess I just need to give in and call that spot a lawn.... Terry
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Maybe I can get Calvin to build me a mini lawnmower..... Terry
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OR you could just use the tweezers out of your hunting kit
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