Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DC on July 08, 2018, 12:00:06 pm
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With apologies to Speedy Gonzales :) (I've been waiting to use that ;D ;D)
What is a good dark wood to use for underlays? I want dark to hide my glue lines. I tried Red Oak once and it crushed. I think the string groove weakend it. Would Yew be a good choice?
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On my short sinew backed osage recurve, "Lil Thumper", the recurves cracked when I bent them using dry heat. I use yew as an underlay for it's lightness and a thin piece of ipe over that for the string to run over. Osage will work. It will darken in a year or so or maybe one of the tropical hardwoods.
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Ebony?
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On second thought ebony would likely be impossible to bend,may walnut?
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Black Walnut bends well.
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Black walnut, horn , ipe, Osage darkens well, I like figured woods
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I've used walnut, tropicals (paduk, bacote), yew, and osage. If you want to speed up the osage darkening, just fume it.
Oh yeah, and I love the thread's title. ;D
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I thought everyone was too young to know who Speedy was ;)
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I thought everyone was too young to know who Speedy was ;)
I googled it🙄
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How well would the ferric acid do to darken Osage on the underlay? I know it’ll turn walnut black if you used it. My stiff scrapers walnut handle has a black spot from laying on a card scraper that got a bit damp and rusted.
Kyle
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I thought everyone was too young to know who Speedy was ;)
I've got good memories with that little mouse guy. And I'm 22 :P
Clever title, very clever.
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Cute but to be precise that's not an underlay but an overlay. You can use a dense tropical if it's thin enough.
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I thought belly side was called an underlay. So the correct term is an overlay on the belly side. Doesn't have the same ring :)
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I have used bamboo to reinforce before,works well!
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I'd call it an underlay on the belly side.
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So would I
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I used caramelized bamboo (the dark stuff) once. Worked great.
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Well it is going over something ::)
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...or is it going under something?
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I've used bloodwood before for such a use.Looks nice.
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I understood what you said ,but I have always heard it said belly over lays or back over lays , at least in books Etc, but got the point.
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...or is it going under something?
No. Pretty sure it's going over something. It is under the string but that's only when the bow is braced. By that criteria you would have to class tip overlays as tip underlays :D
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??? I'm real confused now ???
How about under tip overlays ::)
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I always called it an overlay, in this case maybe call it a beauty mark, they are usually covering bending cracks