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Offline TimothyR

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Bone to join two billets?
« on: January 18, 2016, 04:41:39 pm »
Anyone out there know how well a piece of bone would do as a takedown sleeve?  Or to join two billets together?
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Bone to join two billets?
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2016, 05:12:41 pm »
I think it would be too brittle,, but maybe ok on a very light weight bow,, I have not tried it,,,you could do a test with scrap piece of wood,,, and see what poundage it would take to break it,,,, then go from there,,

Offline Hamish

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Re: Bone to join two billets?
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2016, 06:35:06 pm »
Certainly an interesting idea. It might work with a piece of beef bone if you can keep the walls of handle thick.


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Re: Bone to join two billets?
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2016, 09:25:26 pm »
I will give it a try and see what happens. Thank you for the replies!
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Offline bubby

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Re: Bone to join two billets?
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2016, 10:05:26 pm »
I think the problems will be the bone holding up to the pressure, i suppose you could wrap it to help in that area, and the shear size of the grip to get a sufficient hole for the billets to rest in
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