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Offline eagleone

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Glue on handle
« on: January 27, 2013, 02:24:00 PM »
I have a couple of staves that don't have much meat in the middle so I was planning on glueing handles on them.  Am I correct to assume that I want to leave the stave thick out maybe an inch past the fades? 2"?  What say you?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Glue on handle
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2013, 03:30:00 PM »
The fades are the transition between the working limb and the non-working handle. You want to start tillering the limb at the fades and out the limb.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Glue on handle
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2013, 10:04:00 AM »
Leave as much thickness in the handle area as you can so you have more to glue to.

If you glue a couple thin pieces on first to feather into your limbs your handle will be much less likely to pop off.

 
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