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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: Another Vine Maple Bow
« Reply #30 on: January 23, 2011, 11:49:35 pm »
I love those knotty bows. great looking bow!
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Re: Another Vine Maple Bow
« Reply #31 on: January 25, 2011, 02:47:30 pm »
This is what im talking about crooketarrow
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Re: Another Vine Maple Bow
« Reply #32 on: January 25, 2011, 02:52:03 pm »
and this is what it ends up looking like finished
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my friends think my shops a mess, my wife thinks I have too much bow wood, my neighbors think im redneck white trash and they may all be right on the money!!

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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: Another Vine Maple Bow
« Reply #33 on: January 25, 2011, 03:21:09 pm »
   Those are moisture cracks. From not leveing the bark or while drying. To much moisture excapted to soon. I f your going to take off the bark before it seasons seal the whole stave.
   The larger the tips the more hand shock you'll have. I've taken my vine maple bow tips down to 3/8's with no problems.
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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Re: Another Vine Maple Bow
« Reply #34 on: January 25, 2011, 11:24:19 pm »
I wouldn't get hung up on numbers.  Just slim the tips gradually, checking often, until the tips start to bend too much at full draw.
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