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Offline BOWMAN53

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hickory board question
« on: September 24, 2012, 08:59:02 pm »
I have a hickory board that I making into a pyramid bow. 72" long and 2"wide  at the fades (over building). The right side is heart wood and the left is sap wood, is this an automatic fail or is it do-able?

Offline Tortoise

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Re: hickory board question
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2012, 09:01:51 pm »
It's doable as long as the grain is straight enough, I recommend a backing of some sort.
-Peter
Arizona

Offline k-hat

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Re: hickory board question
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2012, 09:34:12 pm »
as long as the grain is fine, it's called beautiful ;)  I love the contrast on bows like these, just tillered one out to 29" like you just described.  took a lot of set because i think it wasn't quite dry, but no problems.  post a pic and we can tell better :)

Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: hickory board question
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2012, 09:40:10 pm »
Thanks guys. Ill post a pic when I can figure out how to lol. 

Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: hickory board question
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2012, 09:41:05 pm »
if you're having trouble with pic sizing just use paint to re-size or to crop.
Amo innectis arcus- I love crafting bows (latin)

Offline k-hat

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Re: hickory board question
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2012, 11:14:15 am »
Quick instructions:
create a photobucket acct, upload pics (u can adjust upload settings to resize all photos, i think i use 640x480 or close to it), view album, hover over pic you want, a list of options will appear, left click on the bottom url (says "img code" next to it).  Then you can paste the url into the msg