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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Mad Max on October 17, 2013, 09:44:34 pm

Title: hickory backing (LUMBER ? )
Post by: Mad Max on October 17, 2013, 09:44:34 pm

Where can i get hickory lumber so i can resaw my own backings?? 8)

Title: Re: hickory backing (LUMBER ? )
Post by: okie64 on October 17, 2013, 10:04:49 pm

Check at your local lumberyards, not the big box stores, but the real lumberyards that sell wood to cabinetmakers and such. Thats where I get mine at. :)

Title: Re: hickory backing (LUMBER ? )
Post by: Pat B on October 17, 2013, 11:29:47 pm

I bought a 8/4"x6"x10' hickory board from a specialty lumber company in a nearby town. I think I paid $30 or so for it. I cut it into a 6' and 4' pieces. The 6" pieces was cut into 1/8"x2"(8/4") strips for backing strips and a few staves.
Check the yellow pages for specialty lumber companies near you. If you are nice they might let you pick through the stacks.

Title: Re: hickory backing (LUMBER ? )
Post by: Mad Max on October 18, 2013, 12:29:53 am

thanks guys