Two questions on wood backings

[bubby]

Lumber mam ... you grading on green chain?
It's been lotta years since my hardwood lumber mill days!



Me too I spent several years pulling green chain, still have nightmares of haert and sinker sugar pine the width of the unit. Nonstop action right there

[Lumberman]

Good to know about the white oak thanks; heck yeah bubby and Knoll!!  Green chain is just a lovely place to work haha, I love it honestly, blessed and thankful

[John Scifres]

I have seen a couple black walnut selfbows and they were pretty.  I have never seen someone try it as a backing.  Give it a go and let us know how it works.

[Lumberman]

Well the only issue with me attempting it as a tester is that there are probably a lot of other factors as to how I break em that the wood can hardly be blamed for haha

[willie]

Green chain is just a lovely place to work haha, I love it honestly, blessed and thankful

and I thought you were one of those guys working a crayon at the planer.........my bad

[Lumberman]

Yep I do a lot of scribbling willie, grader/dry kiln operator

[John Scifres]

I once knew a guy who glued up a huge variety of woods he had in his wood shop and broke a bunch of bows before getting one to work.  I'd give his name but he might still be around and he is tougher than me.

He burned through a bunch of wood but he learned a lot.  Nothing wrong with trying and failing as long as you learn.  Wear safety glasses

[crooketarrow]

 I refuse to back anymore bows havn't from mid 90's.

 I was taught IF YOU HAVE TO BACK YOUR BOW. It's no more a selfbow. Something you did cause'd your problem that your bow needs backed. Learn from the exsperance. Hav'nt backed a bow since the mid 90's. Except for snake skins. There just camo ,dos'nt help other way than that.

  Nothing wrong with backing bow. I backed 20 bows. I just don't wast my time. I tackle the problem I don't cover it up.

[bubby]

I don't think that if i am planning a backed bow and execute my design that I am covering up any problem. Usually you back a bow for performance, when i built my horn bow I used quality materials no problems to cover-up, there's more to primitive and wood bow building than selfbows

[Lumberman]

So far I've been learning from my mistakes and the fact that they have resembled bows has been massively exciting haha, maybe I'll stop backing em after about 20 too but a hunting bow from the materials I have is what I am shooting for. Got the walnut glued on now to let it set

[John Scifres]

That's it Lumber Man.  Stay positive.