Backing or no backing..?

[jeffhalfrack]

  Back it  with  some  more  Good  red oak!!  some  of  my  best  bows  have  been  white oak backed white oak,,,,a couple  I cut an 1\8th strip  out of the same board and  just flipped the backing over and end for end! now  I was  using  a  very  good  table saw  and  all I needed to do was score the glue surfaces with a hack saw blade like a  toothing plane these  I like to  silk  or  brown paper back   good luck  JeffW

[bow101]

I used a another peice of Red Oak. Have had good success roughing surface with 40-60 grit and even 100 Grit.   ||Perfect mating surfaces and don't over clamp|| Squeezing out all the glue will starve the joint.
I have glued hundreds and hundreds of door parts in the past.

  Back it  with  some  more  Good  red oak!!  some  of  my  best  bows  have  been  white oak backed white oak,,,,a couple  I cut an 1\8th strip  out of the same board and  just flipped the backing over and end for end! now  I was  using  a  very  good  table saw  and  all I needed to do was score the glue surfaces with a hack saw blade like a  toothing plane these  I like to  silk  or  brown paper back   good luck  JeffW