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Offline chuckp

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knots
« on: April 21, 2010, 09:26:33 am »
Is there any difference on how compression (belly) and back (tension) knots are handled? I'm making my first hickory pyramid selfbow and it's developed a large knot just above the fade in the center of the limb, on the belly. It doesn't go through to  the back.



 
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Offline Pappy

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Re: knots
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2010, 09:36:23 am »
All you can really do is leave that area a little stiff and see what happens,sometimes they cause no problem at all and sometimes they do.Maybe fill it with super glue and go on with it.
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Re: knots
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2010, 02:28:24 pm »
i think it will be fine,.....shoot away...snake
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Offline Pat B

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Re: knots
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2010, 12:17:55 am »
You shouldn't have any problems with those knots. They are placed pretty well in the limb.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: knots
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2010, 07:02:07 am »
I'd say that knots on the compression side are less of a worry as the compression will be holding it together.
On the tension side it's more likely to open up a crack around the knot.
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