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Offline ajooter

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Limb fleck?
« on: February 07, 2015, 06:34:07 pm »
I'm making another maple board bow and it has some gorgeous fleck that runs perpendicular to the limb
  You can actually feel it to the touch.  Will this effect the integrity of the wood?  I planned on rawhide backing this bow for protection as a hunting bow.


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Offline adb

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Re: Limb fleck?
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2015, 07:32:40 pm »
It's never given me a problem.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Limb fleck?
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2015, 07:47:23 pm »
That looks more like "curl" rather than fleck. Big difference in the two.
 What does the back look like?
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Offline ajooter

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Re: Limb fleck?
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2015, 08:15:58 pm »
Back looks and feels pretty much the same.
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Offline DavidV

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Re: Limb fleck?
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2015, 10:55:50 pm »
Maple fleck isn't really crunchy like white oak is, shouldn't be a problem.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Limb fleck?
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2015, 11:57:31 pm »
I don't think it's actual fleck...
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Offline sleek

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Re: Limb fleck?
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2015, 01:09:21 am »
What the fleck are yall talking about? Whats fleck?
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mikekeswick

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Re: Limb fleck?
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2015, 02:45:53 am »
When a wood is quarter sawn you get these patterns called flecks. In oak it's know as medullary rays. It mainly affects diffuse porous woods eg. maple, pau am etc
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Offline ajooter

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Re: Limb fleck?
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2015, 08:49:22 am »
I don't think it is what you have pictured above.  I believe it is the curl that pat was talking about.   I looked at some pictureso that ND it is more representitive of what I have.  It's almost a bow now anyway so will see what happens!  Thanks for all the comments guys.
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