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Offline upstatenybowyer

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hickory heartwood for backing?
« on: July 23, 2018, 06:18:54 pm »
Any reason why the heartwood wouldn't make good backing strips? I've got a lot of hickory on my property, but most of the trees are 80-90% heartwood so I don't think getting sapwood-only strips is possible.
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Offline bushboy

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Re: hickory heartwood for backing?
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2018, 06:59:15 pm »
From what I've seen it doesn't matter.
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Offline bushboy

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Re: hickory heartwood for backing?
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2018, 03:30:55 pm »
I even once used a backing strip of half sapwood and half Heartwood and it didn't introduce any twist!
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: hickory heartwood for backing?
« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2018, 03:34:10 pm »
Cool.  8) I've got many strips that are half and half. Thanks bushy!  ;)
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