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Terry, great pics but I have a question?? When you chase a ring on that spliced stave if I can call it that how do you chase two different rings as the rings do not match up perfectly that i can see?.............Mac~
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Timo knows his stuff. We generally like to advise to make your back a single growth ring and that is still the best advice, however if you scrape thru a ring on one limb, you can always chase that ring out to the middle of a non bending handle and it will be fine even if the other limb is in a different ring.
_____________|------------- the solid line is one limb in one ring, the verticle line is the center of a non bending handle and the dotted line is another ring in the other limb. A bow laid out this way, or a pair of spliced billets, will be fine.
-------------------- There is always someone that knows more than you, and someone that knows less than you, so you can always learn and you can always teach Posts: 12891 | From: Cincinnati, Ohio | Registered: Mar 2003
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What Timo and Mickey said....As long as the transition is in the non bending portion of the handle like it is in these spliced bows no problem, the working portion of the limb is still one ring with no ring to ring overlaps.....I wouldn't try it on a bendy handle bow though......Also I chased this piece down to the ring above the one I want for my back prior to splitting it into Billets.... when I get my layout done it will only take one pass with the scraper to hit my target ring ....
Calvin.....For the record I think what you did with that mini bow for Dina was pretty amazing....It took a ton of patience and perserverance..... Terry
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Love it! Nice job Terry. I've got a garage full of prime billets that I never get around to working. I always have full length staves to work so these just age. Several should be about ready now though.
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thanks for the "Hedge-a-cation" Guys. ..no pun intended.........Mac~
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Thanks John.... I like Billets..... it's usually a lot cheaper to get a set of good billets than it is to get a good stave and splicing isn't all that hard if ya watch what you are doing....Man "A garage full of prime billets"....I'll be dreamin bout that tonight....
You're welcome Bill...Terry
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If you watch "Billets To Bow", that is the splice Glenn and Joe use. Glenn goes on to mention how you have a little room to line your tips up before final clamping and even reflex the bow through the handle a little if you wish.
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quote:and even reflex the bow through the handle a little if you wish.
How is this accomplished? I've been trying to imagine it, but can't get my head around it at all...
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Ya just pivot the limbs at the handle into as much reflex as you want when you are doing the glue up but before you clamp.... Terry
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