Author Topic: Do you think this will work?  (Read 1709 times)

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Don Case

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Do you think this will work?
« 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.

Offline bubby

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Re: Do you think this will work?
« Reply #1 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.
failure is an option, everyone fails, it's how you handle it that matters.
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Offline Bryce

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Re: Do you think this will work?
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2013, 08:00:41 pm »
Should work nicely:) I know john Strunk splices OS all the time:)
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Don Case

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Re: Do you think this will work?
« Reply #3 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.

Offline Accipiter

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Re: Do you think this will work?
« Reply #4 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  ::)

Offline Weylin

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Re: Do you think this will work?
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2013, 04:20:11 am »
Nothin' to lose but a stick.  8)