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Offline hillbilly61

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1/4 sawn hickory?
« on: July 23, 2010, 09:24:23 pm »
 I was able to get a 1x4x12' true 1/4 sawn board today. After I rip it I'll loose 1/8th in. I think that will leave me 4 boards of 1x 1 15/16x 6' Is the 1 15/16th wide enough, Bend through handle, or make a handle for it? and it being 1/4 sawn. will it need backing?   I just bought a TBB4 today and I'm not sure if the answers are in it. Thanks y'all for the help

Josh.. Were you able to use that bamboo yet?
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Re: 1/4 sawn hickory?
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2010, 10:37:10 pm »
Thats plenty of width...and don't worry about a Backing...1/4 sawn lumber aint going nowhere...it's about bulletproof...and idiotproof...too...just make sure there is no more than a few run-offs and you will be fine..the fewer...the better....JMO
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Re: 1/4 sawn hickory?
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2010, 11:00:41 pm »
Hillbilly,
      Those dimensions, and fully quartersawn to boot.....wow! Got to believe you can make about anything ya want to and probably get enough weight to give a gorilla a hernia. I've made them up to 75#, unbacked and the limbs were no where near 1" thick. It wasn't even hickory......whatever you make it ought to be a rocket launcher ;D
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Re: 1/4 sawn hickory?
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2010, 11:36:39 pm »
  The grain runs straight up and down. :) I could have bought one more (the last in the stack) of maybe 50 or 60 boards, but I wanted the TBB4. Had to choose. >:( I hope the other is still there next Friday ;D
   Maybe 1/16 offset from top to bottom. Is a Holmegaard design a good choice? Or should I stick with a pyramid design?
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Re: 1/4 sawn hickory?
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2010, 11:44:52 pm »
you got four boards make both! either will work
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Re: 1/4 sawn hickory?
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2010, 12:37:53 am »
On 1/4 sawn the edge grain needs to be straight. No run offs. Jawge
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Re: 1/4 sawn hickory?
« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2010, 01:02:46 am »
Hey did you go to Hardwoods Inc.  by the Shelby Co. airport to get that hickory? That's where I got my purpleheart and my yellowheart and my ipe from...  I haven't used the bamboo yet, but I already have a good idea on what I was gonna use it for.   I would make a bow outta some of the hickory but I think I would try and get some good backing strips out of it too.  Good luck and keep us posted on what you do with it man!  :)
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Re: 1/4 sawn hickory?
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2010, 09:36:15 am »
No Josh it was here in Mont. United Plywood. They have Maple, Hickory, Walnut, Mahogney, and some others I can't remember. I know it was like finding a gold mine ;D My "shop" is my side porch, and it's on the west side of the of the house. So the sun is beating right in when I get home >:(. I can't be in the heat all day and then come home to roast on the porch too. It's kept me from building for the last 3 weeks :(I to;d my wife that I was going through with drawls and was going to spread a tarp on the kitchen floor and scrap away :). She turned and gave me "The Look" But it was'nt a NO ;) ;D
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Re: 1/4 sawn hickory?
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2010, 09:45:19 am »
Quote from: hillbilly61 on July 25, 2010, 09:36:15 am
She turned and gave me "The Look" But it was'nt a NO ;) ;D

We've all been there  ;D  I get that look when I even think about that...and I don't even have to say anything  ;)
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Re: 1/4 sawn hickory?
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2010, 09:59:12 am »
man ya'll are whipped
i can work on what i want where i want in the house(and yes i am married,22yrs now)

as long as i clean up after myself,and get the wifes permission first  ;D
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Re: 1/4 sawn hickory?
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2010, 12:53:07 pm »
I'd cut that board into 1/8" backing strips, and get some osage. Hickory backed osage is my fav.
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Re: 1/4 sawn hickory?
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2010, 09:03:40 pm »
adb...I have a couple osage boards and a few hickory backings., but this is the first hickory board I've gotten ahold of. But I am new at this so I hope the future holds alot more boards ov various species ;)

sailordad...most of the time I tell my wife what I'm going to do too...But the couch is starting to get worn out, and the doghouse fell apart last year :o  ;D
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