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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Don Case on November 27, 2013, 07:42:55 pm

Title: Do you think this will work?
Post by: Don Case on November 27, 2013, 07:42:55 pm

I found a nice Ocean Spray stick today but it is only 5' long. It is 2'' at the skinny end and 3" at the fat end. So I bandsawed it lengthwise and left a lump on each end. Now I have two roughed out billets for a splice or a TD. Seem like a good idea??
Sorry for the crummy pictures.

Title: Re: Do you think this will work?
Post by: bubby on November 27, 2013, 07:58:20 pm

go for it, there is a nice build a long on the how to page for o.s.

Title: Re: Do you think this will work?
Post by: Bryce on November 27, 2013, 08:00:41 pm

Should work nicely:) I know john Strunk splices OS all the time:)

Title: Re: Do you think this will work?
Post by: Don Case on November 27, 2013, 08:15:35 pm

Now as long as it doesn't check to badly I only have to wait 6-12 months.

Title: Re: Do you think this will work?
Post by: Accipiter on November 28, 2013, 02:02:36 am

If you can (and haven't already) I strongly recommend roughing out the bow so that you get to or preferably just past the pithy part. I've never had problems with checks in OS and I believe that its because I get rid of the spot where cracks seem to originate - the pith. Also, I've got some OS billets that I'm going to try and make into a rawhide-scarf take down bow, so I'll let you know how that goes  ::)

Title: Re: Do you think this will work?
Post by: Weylin on November 28, 2013, 04:20:11 am

Nothin' to lose but a stick.  8)