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Offline DC

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Glue line
« on: October 11, 2016, 02:03:55 pm »
I'm basically happy with this glue line but I wondering if anyone has a slick method of dealing with the pointy part on the right. When the glue line comes to the surface on a low angle the glue line looks like it gets wider. Any way of dealing with this?
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Glue line
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2016, 04:16:31 pm »
A nice leather handle wrap Don ;)
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Offline DC

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Re: Glue line
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2016, 05:40:00 pm »
It's too far up the bow :(
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Offline Hamish

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Re: Glue line
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2016, 07:59:08 pm »
How far into tillering are you? If its over draw weight some of its going to get removed in the reduction.
By the time its sanded  and has a finish on it, I think it will look more homogenous.
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Offline DC

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Re: Glue line
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2016, 08:22:58 pm »
The extreme left of the picture is the arrow pass. I have 5" to go in tiller so I don't think it will disappear. The finish may help. It's not a big deal at all, I just thought there might be a way to minimize it. I guess with a long shallow patch it's going to happen. This was a very small stave and it was "V" shaped through the handle. I thought it might be comfortable enough but ended up gluing a filler on each side of the handle. Unfortunately to follow the lines of the bow they reached out into the fades a bit.
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Offline RBLusthaus

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Re: Glue line
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2016, 09:24:24 pm »
Maybe a decorative colored wrap, on both limbs for symmetry of course, might make it look like a designed element???
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Offline PatM

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Re: Glue line
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2016, 10:01:48 pm »
What is the glue?
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Offline DC

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Re: Glue line
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2016, 10:22:54 pm »
West systems epoxy.
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Offline PatM

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Re: Glue line
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2016, 10:37:14 pm »
So use that as your finish and the line will disappear.
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Offline Jim Davis

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Re: Glue line
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2016, 11:02:40 pm »
PatM is right.

The reason a glue line looks so big in low angle situations is because the thickness changes less per inch of run. It takes maybe a half inch of run to change a few thousandths in thickness. So  you have glue showing over a half inch run.
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Offline DC

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Re: Glue line
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2016, 01:28:22 am »
Thanks Pat. Just a minute too late, I'm watching the tung oil dry as I type. I'll try it next time.
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