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Offline HoBow

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Bad rings?
« on: July 31, 2010, 08:24:18 am »
When a stave has deformed rings that are not uniform, will it affect the bow's performance assuming it is tillered correctly?

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Offline Pat B

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Re: Bad rings?
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2010, 10:12:00 am »
This is a case I would go down to a consistent ring to chase a good ring for the back. If that is not an option I would decrown the stave and back it. I would not normally do neither on a regular stave.
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Re: Bad rings?
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2010, 11:15:55 am »
Run Her through a Planer...and back it...be safe...if them rings look like that on both ends....thats what I would do with it...but then I like working Decrowned and Quartersawn wood....JMO
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Bad rings?
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2010, 11:26:28 am »
if it was my stave (you can send it to me if ya want  ;D )
i would chase it to the 8th,9th, or 11th ring up from the white line at the bottom
all three are good looking rings to work with in my opinion
my prefered would be the 9th one up

easy to get to any of them,grab a draw knife and go to town on that thing
theres a bow in that piece of wood just dieing to come out
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: Bad rings?
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2010, 11:42:39 am »
6th ring down from the top looks pretty go to me.

Offline lowell

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Re: Bad rings?
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2010, 12:33:24 pm »
I agree with the 6th ring...I have chased worse!! ;)
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Offline HoBow

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Re: Bad rings?
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2010, 02:20:20 pm »
The other side looks fairly good, but it is chased to one ring now. I was wondering if the underlying deformed rings would affect performance ?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Bad rings?
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2010, 02:22:39 pm »
Probably not. You may have uneven thickness but as long as it is bending well and both limbs together there should be no problems.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Bad rings?
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2010, 08:37:18 pm »
Probably not.  This is selfwood bowyery. The magic is in your hands. :) Jawge
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Re: Bad rings?
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2010, 09:36:46 am »
Thanks!
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