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Offline RyanY

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Re: Failures
« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2023, 04:02:18 pm »
Marc, is a break like that what it takes to get to your level?  (A) (lol)

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Re: Failures
« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2023, 09:15:31 pm »
That bow was a bamboo backed bloodwood.  Bloodwood is a very oily wood and I found that most glues did poorly with it.  I was never able to make a bow with bloodwood
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Re: Failures
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2023, 11:14:25 pm »
That bow was a bamboo backed bloodwood.  Bloodwood is a very oily wood and I found that most glues did poorly with it.  I was never able to make a bow with bloodwood

A bloodwood sacrifice!