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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Mesophilic on December 19, 2017, 10:40:32 pm

Title: Knot advice request
Post by: Mesophilic on December 19, 2017, 10:40:32 pm: Hopefully the pics come through, preview isn't working with my phone.

What would you guys recommend for this Knot? Right now the stave is 66" long by 2.25 inches wide at the knot, knot is .5 x 7/8 inches...and this knot is right in the middle of the stave. On the back it's a little soft but not too pithy.

Thinking about a flat bow with this stave but not opposed to shortening it and backing with sinew.

(https://imgur.com/gallery/PI0mL)

(https://imgur.com/gallery/3K706)
Title: Re: Knot advice request
Post by: Mesophilic on December 19, 2017, 10:41:48 pm: 2nd attempt at pics

(http://Osage knot 2 https://imgur.com/gallery/3K706)
Title: Re: Knot advice request
Post by: Mesophilic on December 19, 2017, 10:44:07 pm: Imgur not working, will upload to Flickr and try again
Title: Re: Knot advice request
Post by: Mesophilic on December 19, 2017, 10:53:24 pm: 3rd pic attempt

(https://www.flickr.com/gp/smeagolcheese/H2Wvpp)

(https://www.flickr.com/gp/smeagolcheese/YM2E05)
Title: Re: Knot advice request
Post by: Mesophilic on December 19, 2017, 10:58:40 pm: I apologize for wasting you guys time. I just can't get any pics to show.

Don't know if anyone can offer any advice without pics. It is right on the sdide of the limb, has about a quarter inch of wood between the knot and the very edge. Runs all the way through the limb to the center of the belly.

Completely understand if there's not much one can say under the circumstances.
Title: Re: Knot advice request
Post by: Mesophilic on December 19, 2017, 11:04:47 pm: Maybe url will work?

https://flic.kr/p/22Foz5i (https://flic.kr/p/22Foz5i)

https://flic.kr/p/21AUTaN (https://flic.kr/p/21AUTaN)
Title: Re: Knot advice request
Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on December 19, 2017, 11:19:05 pm: Clean out the soft stuff and coat everything in the knot in thin superglue. Leave it full width on the side with the knot and let the other side flow wth how the rest of the limb wants to lay out. Then leave it a bit stiff, but still moving a little as you tiller out.
That's my take on it.

Kyle
Title: Re: Knot advice request
Post by: Pappy on December 20, 2017, 04:30:08 am: You didn't mention what kind of wood it was ??
Pappy
Title: Re: Knot advice request
Post by: Mesophilic on December 20, 2017, 05:42:32 am: Sorry about that.

This is Osage.
Title: Re: Knot advice request
Post by: Pappy on December 20, 2017, 06:17:58 am: Shouldn't be a problem, just clean it up, leave a little wood around it and leave it a little stiff in that area as you are tillering it. ;)
Pappy
Title: Re: Knot advice request
Post by: simson on December 20, 2017, 09:27:55 am: Mmh, what is the dark stroke on the belly? A crack or a pencil mark?
Without any more info as the two pics, I'm with Pappy - leave it stiff in this section. with a stave 66" long, you have more than enough length to play with.
Title: Re: Knot advice request
Post by: Mesophilic on December 20, 2017, 01:08:15 pm: Quote from: simson on December 20, 2017, 09:27:55 am
Mmh, what is the dark stroke on the belly? A crack or a pencil mark?
Without any more info as the two pics, I'm with Pappy - leave it stiff in this section. with a stave 66" long, you have more than enough length to play with.

That is a the remnant of a relief cut from reducing the belly side. Stave is still about 7/8th inch thick at this point not counting the sapwood I still need to work from the the back, and the cut is only about a 1/16th deep.