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Offline ranger 3

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Backing
« on: December 01, 2009, 08:31:00 AM »
If you have a Osage stave and can't get it down to one ring, can you just back it with something? What would you guys suggest?

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Offline Hermann From Bavaria

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Re: Backing
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2009, 03:11:00 PM »
hey ranger,

bamboo and hick would work fine. i´ve built both, and they´re nice shooters. use the hick quarter-sawn about 1/8" thick. the same thickness for the boo.

good luck!!

ps: glue it up with a little reflex to avoid set!

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Re: Backing
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2009, 08:28:00 PM »
If the rings are thin and your having a hard time chasing one, Rawhide will do.
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Re: Backing
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2009, 08:32:00 PM »
Thanks guys
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Offline Roy Steele

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Re: Backing
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2009, 08:53:00 PM »
I used bambo,hickory,rawhide,cherrybark and sinew.
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Re: Backing
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2009, 11:04:00 PM »
I'd go with rawhide for a simple selfbow. Just the kind I like!
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Re: Backing
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2009, 02:19:00 PM »
Ranger, I have a slab of cow rawhide that I have been using on some on mine... if you need some come on by.
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Re: Backing
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2009, 03:21:00 PM »
Thanks Brad, I might come by some evening. Are you home in the evening?
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Re: Backing
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2009, 05:32:00 PM »
Yes indeed, ill pm you
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