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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Yew backed with...
« on: August 01, 2018, 08:36:04 am »
hickory or ash? Which would you choose?

I'm making a 55# D/R bow. I can go as thin as 1/16" for the backing w/ either species. 
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2018, 08:46:45 am »
Hickory, hickory, hickory.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2018, 08:59:11 am »
...hickory, hickory, hickory!   :OK
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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2018, 09:02:31 am »
Okay, 1/8 or 1/16?
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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2018, 09:18:10 am »
Id stick with an 1/8". By the time you sand a bit you will be all set.
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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2018, 09:23:19 am »
When I cut hickory backings I usually cut them to 3/16". After dressing both sides it usually comes out to 1/8" or slightly less.

ps. if you find the yew is getting too thin you can always reduce the hickory while it is on the bow.
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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2018, 09:26:02 am »
I did just that on my lemonwood bow, Pat. I wanted to keep the lemonwood as deep as I could, so the last 5-8# came off the backer.
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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2018, 09:30:25 am »
Can't do that with boo!  ;)
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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2018, 10:15:42 am »
Quote from: Pat B on August 01, 2018, 09:30:25 am
Can't do that with boo!  ;)

You can say that again! Found myself wishing I could on the last yew bow I tried to make.
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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2018, 10:41:19 am »
Quote from: Pat B on August 01, 2018, 09:23:19 am
ps. if you find the yew is getting too thin you can always reduce the hickory while it is on the bow.

Edge grain or flat sawn Hickory?
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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2018, 11:05:48 am »
I always used edge or bias grained hickory but flat grain should work too.
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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2018, 11:18:44 am »
Edge, w/ a bit of heart/sapwood mix.
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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2018, 11:19:23 am »
So why can you reduce(tiller) the backing but you can't with a self bow? This has bothered me for a while and I can't sort it out. We sort of touched on it a while back.
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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2018, 12:02:07 pm »
Quote from: DC on August 01, 2018, 11:19:23 am
So why can you reduce(tiller) the backing but you can't with a self bow? This has bothered me for a while and I can't sort it out. We sort of touched on it a while back.
'Cos backings are often edge grain (quarter sawn).
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Re: Yew backed with...
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2018, 12:06:45 pm »
So if we made a self bow edge grain we could tiller back and belly? I'm not trying to be a jerk. this has bugged me for a while and I want to get it sorted. Hope Jeff doesn't mind :)
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