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Offline razorsharptokill

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Snakey osage stave, straight limbs?
« on: December 24, 2009, 08:20:00 PM »
If the limb is a little snakey do you follow the grain or make it straight?
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Re: Snakey osage stave, straight limbs?
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2009, 08:28:00 PM »
I like snakey bows so I follow the grain.
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Re: Snakey osage stave, straight limbs?
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2009, 08:42:00 PM »
Me too but wasn't sure if a straight limb would weaken wood of this sort.
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Re: Snakey osage stave, straight limbs?
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2009, 09:59:00 PM »
Yep, follow the grain and see where it takes you...
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Re: Snakey osage stave, straight limbs?
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2009, 10:24:00 PM »
Follow the grain. Kind of like this. Jawge
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Offline Roy Steele

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Re: Snakey osage stave, straight limbs?
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2009, 04:13:00 PM »
Ialways follow the grain.I never use heat or steam on my bows.
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Offline Frank

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Re: Snakey osage stave, straight limbs?
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2009, 04:29:00 PM »
Like Roy, I always follow the grain.  I only steam bend when it comes to recurves and if a recurve limb needs to be tweeked.  

All the recurves I've made have crooked curves anyway.
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Re: Snakey osage stave, straight limbs?
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2009, 10:17:00 PM »
like everyone else said...follow the grain and then you can use heat to line the tips up to the riser...

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Offline razorsharptokill

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Re: Snakey osage stave, straight limbs?
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2009, 04:21:00 PM »
Ok thanks guys. I knew in my heart that I wanted the snakey limbs. They just give so much character to a selfbow. Its like the woods personality showing through. It shows the wild spirit of the tree itself.
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