my neighbor just had two apple trees and one plum tree cut down and he asked if I wanted to look them over and pick some pieces for bow wood I could. I found a few pieces that I could make billets out of and this is the first one I've tried.
My question is; on this billet stave here should I use the sawn side for the back and treat it like a decrowned stave or should I leave it alone and just deal with a high crowned back. Also does anyone know how good apple is in tension? I have heard it is real good in compression.
I will continue to post pictures as soon as I figure out what I need to do.
this one will deffinately test my abilities and if nothing else will be good for learning.
Let me know what y'all would do here.
Mark
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