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Offline adb

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Re: hickory grain knot, pics
« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2009, 06:25:18 pm »
Quote from: radius on July 18, 2009, 12:52:58 am
but not a spruce 2x4, eh, adb?

Nope, Scott... I haven't tried a spruce 2X4 yet!!  :D
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Re: hickory grain knot, pics
« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2009, 06:20:39 pm »
 ok, heres the picsi got- it took a while becausei was trying to figure out how to get a better picture, so if anybody wants them in better detail just speak up, these are pics of the entire board. wanted to see youre opinion of these before i start ripping them. thanks, jimmy.

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Re: hickory grain knot, pics
« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2009, 06:21:46 pm »
 the top is the board that i am wondering about, the bottom board i already know is pretty much scrap.
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Re: hickory grain knot, pics
« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2009, 06:49:44 pm »
What are you thinking of doing with these? Backing strips?
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: hickory grain knot, pics
« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2009, 06:55:31 pm »
I'm afraid the top board is not good. Too many islands of wood that will pop like a bowl of Rice Krispies. You need straight grained boards. Take a look at the board on my site. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/boardbowbuildalong.html
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Re: hickory grain knot, pics
« Reply #20 on: July 21, 2009, 11:48:21 pm »
I'd have to agree with george. Those look like plain sawn boards. Not much good for bow building.
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Re: hickory grain knot, pics
« Reply #21 on: July 22, 2009, 04:01:35 pm »
 allright. so if you were to go to a hardwood store, what cut would you want to ask for, presuming a certain cut tends to have a straiter grain than a plain sawn cut? thnaks for the advise, -jimmy.
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« Reply #22 on: July 22, 2009, 05:55:50 pm »
Look, or ask for quarter sawn lumber. The grain will run the length of the board on the face and edge. If you do look at the end grain, it will be perpendicular to the board's face.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: hickory grain knot, pics
« Reply #23 on: July 22, 2009, 08:05:41 pm »
All 3 board cuts will make bows. The key is finding straight grained boards or nearly so. There's no nearly so for quarter sawn though. It really has to be straight grained stem to stern straight grained. Jawge
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