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Title: Chaseing rings on BL
Post by: Hunts with stone on February 15, 2013, 06:47:39 pm

These rings are not fun. Very thin. How do you keep track so you don't blow thru? This was a 10 - 12" tree.

Title: Re: Chaseing rings on BL
Post by: Dvshunter on February 15, 2013, 06:57:09 pm

Practice.   ;D

Title: Re: Chaseing rings on BL
Post by: DarkSoul on February 15, 2013, 07:04:45 pm

I hate ring chasing Black locust :P One of the most difficult woods to chase. Best is to go slow and keep practising. Good lighting set at the correct angle so it bounces off the back of the bow also helps a lot.

Title: Re: Chaseing rings on BL
Post by: RBLusthaus on February 15, 2013, 07:04:50 pm

incandescent light helps too. 

Title: Re: Chaseing rings on BL
Post by: Hrothgar on February 15, 2013, 07:11:43 pm

I can relate. A few weeks back I posted some pics of some tight-ringed osage staves--the best I could figure 29-31 rings per inch. Earlier this week I wasted two mornings trying to chase rings, and ended up with one good billet. Finally went back to a new  billet and CAREFULLY scraped off the bark and sapwood, and am now using first ring as the back. Its a whole lot easier than chasing a thin, uneven ring.

Title: Re: Chaseing rings on BL
Post by: Hunts with stone on February 15, 2013, 07:47:48 pm

Thanks for the input. Guy's

Title: Re: Chaseing rings on BL
Post by: blackhawk on February 15, 2013, 10:41:43 pm

Chasing rings on locust is easy peasy...and a nice break on my osage muscles. If you know how to run a drawknife and chase a ring it is two times easier than osage. Ya need to keep your knife riding in that early wood,and it'll lift n peel like butter and go crunchy crunchy

Title: Re: Chaseing rings on BL
Post by: Badly Bent on February 15, 2013, 10:53:02 pm

Just watch the knots so you don't get small tear outs. Also I've had some locust where the ring I was chasing varied in thickness so
keep your eye out for that too. Chased rings on two locust this week, one was easy the other required a little more attention.
Greg

Title: Re: Chaseing rings on BL
Post by: Hunts with stone on February 16, 2013, 08:05:19 am

Wow I'm not haveing a good time at this. Worked two hours on one linb and still cut thru. I'll try the sister to it today. I'll back the frist one. Maybe there just to thin!

Title: Re: Chaseing rings on BL
Post by: George Tsoukalas on February 16, 2013, 10:25:06 am

BL grows fast around here so the rings are huge. How thick are your rings? How do I keep track?
Like this:
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/osage.html
Jawge

Title: Re: Chaseing rings on BL
Post by: Hunts with stone on February 16, 2013, 10:48:32 am

Ok here is a pick(http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u455/Tris_Smith/knapping/5B2BE8DA-B448-43C3-A94B-92A9A1DA0A85-1937-000002E8AB1019AF_zps97cf15fb.jpg).     This one in my had I have not chased yet should I go to the top of pencile mark? The early wood looks thicker starting there?       (http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u455/Tris_Smith/knapping/7113E0D8-2970-49A3-83ED-21528E3FC8EB-1937-000002EA7ACA8494_zps630baf3f.jpg)

Title: Re: Chaseing rings on BL
Post by: blackhawk on February 16, 2013, 11:11:26 am

Id just keep running down in disregard until that first substantial one above your pencil mark.