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shootinbud

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backing material ????
« on: December 18, 2007, 08:08:47 pm »
what would you guys reccomend backing a black cherry board bow with ?
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Offline mullet

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« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2007, 08:51:02 pm »
  Rawhide,Black cherry is kinda brittle.
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Offline Hillbilly

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« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2007, 09:00:14 pm »
Or a really thin strip of hickory.
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Offline snedeker

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« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2007, 10:20:14 pm »
Maple would be great.  I've backed some lighter woods fantastically with his strips.

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« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2007, 11:57:08 pm »
Silk, linen.      Pat
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Offline Knocker

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« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2007, 12:59:15 am »
Don't mean to steal your thread, but my question is the same topic.  When you use backing strips of wood, do the backing strips need to be taken down to a single ring as you would a stave?  And is there any other material that adds draw weight to the bow like sinew does? 

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Offline Justin Snyder

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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2007, 02:29:35 am »
Knocker, all wood backings add weight.  Most guys prefer backings cut ring bias ////or vertical grain lllll  so chasing a ring would be impossible. Justin
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« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2007, 09:41:45 am »
Cherry Bark.   :)
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Offline adb

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« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2007, 02:10:28 pm »
Hi,
I've backed cherry boards with 1/8" quarter sawn (vertical grain) hickory, and 3/16" quarter sawn maple, and both have worked very well. Super strong, little string follow. I suppose rawhide would also work well (have not tried it myself). Cherry is pretty light, and can be a bit brittle. The bows I've made with it have turned out well.
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