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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Ryan Jacob on May 03, 2019, 10:31:54 am

Title: Dang grub holes
Post by: Ryan Jacob on May 03, 2019, 10:31:54 am

 Went way deeper than I thought on my guava stave, draw weights definitely gonna be 20# or under. Well, gotta take what you can get. Just gotta wait and see what happens. Guess I have to go back for that black palm.

Title: Re: Dang grub holes
Post by: 0ri9ine11 on May 03, 2019, 01:58:42 pm

dont know if guava is strong on tension or compression but why not add a facing/backing?

Title: Re: Dang grub holes
Post by: Ryan Jacob on May 03, 2019, 07:51:57 pm

I’ve thought of doing that before but the stave is very snakey and we don’t have good glues here. I’ll just chock this one up to tillering practice.

Title: Re: Dang grub holes
Post by: ohma2 on May 04, 2019, 08:14:58 am

Where are you that you dont have acsess to good glue?

Title: Re: Dang grub holes
Post by: Ryan Jacob on May 04, 2019, 11:44:09 am

I’m in the Philippines, I’ve tried several epoxies and they’re not usable. I’ve also tried hide glue but it takes extremely long to dry and gets covered by the ants. I have found some yellow carpeneters glue recently that shows promise. Can you put a belly on a snakey bow though?