Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Blaflair2 on August 24, 2013, 01:54:23 am
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I have a nice osage stave I traded for and it has a lot of pin knots I'm noticing while chasing the grain. How much do the affect my layout? Ill post pics.
Thanks - Bruce
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These are what I see so far.
Don't mind the mess :-[
I've been a busy beaver
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That is a fairly clear stave for Osage. Leave the knots raised and you will have a good safe bow.
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Dont even worry about those tiny little knots they won't effect anything at all just don't flatten them out while chasing your ring
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Are they safe to bend a little? >:D
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Yes, they'll be fine, let the bow bend like they weren't even there. The most important thing is to keep them away from the edges/sides of the limbs. If you cannot layout the bow so that they are in from the edge of the bow at least 1/4", then leave a little swell of good wood around them.
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Watch the tear out on the back side of the knots when chasing a ring. Looks like you have a little tear out below that one knot. Chase a ring around them carefully and they shouldn't be a problem.
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A half pair of scissors works great around pin knots can get a lot of control removal.
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It looks to me like you flattened a few of the pins while chasing the back ring. I'd suggest you go down one more ring but leave a small island around each pin. Once you have a clean back ring remove the island by lightly scraping from the peak of the pin down, around all sides of it. Also I always add a drop of super glue on each pin and knot on the back of a bow just for a little insurance. ;)
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I wanna sinew the back if I get it far enough along. This is my second selfbow. Some of the knots are flat. But still in the same ring. Does that matter?
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The pins with the dark spots in the center have been violated it looks to me. ???
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If you're going to sinew back it, you have nothing to worry about.