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Offline Cloudfeather

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Undulating rings...
« on: September 06, 2014, 11:28:54 am »
So, a few months back, my girlfriend bought a few osage staves because she wanted to learn to make a bow. She gifted a stave to me and I chased a ring on it last night. The back is pristine(took a long time with the valleys), but the rings are kind of erratic.

Will this affect anything or am I good to go?

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Offline JoJoDapyro

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Re: Undulating rings...
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2014, 11:48:06 am »
Looks good to me. I have never seen a "Flat" back on Osage.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Undulating rings...
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2014, 11:51:57 am »
It will affect the tiller a little bit but if you concentrate on the limbs bending evenly and together there shouldn't be any problems.
 Places like that is where a goose neck scraper come in handy.  ;)
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Offline PatM

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Re: Undulating rings...
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2014, 11:53:01 am »
You would be hard pressed to find any wood with a perfect  back surface, either flat or curved.
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Offline Cloudfeather

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Re: Undulating rings...
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2014, 11:59:51 am »
Pat, I bought a set of card scrapers a while back. They are like magic on a piece like this. I took my time, but that goose neck just glides through those dips, love it.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Undulating rings...
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2014, 12:23:06 pm »
looks like a great piece of wood,,, take your time and you will be fine,,
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Undulating rings...
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2014, 01:49:15 pm »
You are cleared for take off on runway O..s..a..g ..e.  Have fun.  :) Jawge
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: Undulating rings...
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2014, 01:46:12 pm »
NO piece of wood has a perfectly flat back unless it's a board. You're completely fine it will not effect any thing !
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