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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Russ on April 02, 2020, 01:01:08 pm

Title: What is this
Post by: Russ on April 02, 2020, 01:01:08 pm
So I chased a ring on a billet for this weekend and I came across this. It doesn’t seem to be a ring violation, just discoloration or something or weird grain. What do you think.
Title: Re: What is this
Post by: Pat B on April 02, 2020, 01:17:43 pm
Could you have gone through a ring in that spot?  It could be just an odd discoloration. Is the wood sound there or weak(put a finger nail into it)?
Title: Re: What is this
Post by: Russ on April 02, 2020, 01:26:31 pm
I dont know i dont have long nails. bad habit. i scraped down farther (probably shouldnt have) but I did and i didnt violate the ring. it dosen't seem to be softer or anything
Title: Re: What is this
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on April 02, 2020, 01:27:37 pm
I have a few bows with those "bruises". I'm not sure what causes them. Can you feel it at all?
Title: Re: What is this
Post by: Russ on April 02, 2020, 01:39:21 pm
no i dont feel any difference in it.
Title: Re: What is this
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on April 02, 2020, 01:45:37 pm
Hit it with a few strokes from a scraper and see if the shape changes at all.
Title: Re: What is this
Post by: Russ on April 02, 2020, 01:50:35 pm
yeah i did scrape it. it got the tiniest bit bigger then stopped. not alot of change
Title: Re: What is this
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on April 02, 2020, 01:58:13 pm
Well, you better go down another ring if you have enough depth to do so.
Title: Re: What is this
Post by: Russ on April 02, 2020, 01:59:32 pm
I dont have a lot of wood. this was on the ring before too.
Title: Re: What is this
Post by: DC on April 02, 2020, 02:00:43 pm
Is there any sign of it on the belly? I'm wondering if it's just a sign of something further in. Going down another ring may show something.
Title: Re: What is this
Post by: Russ on April 02, 2020, 02:02:49 pm
no sign on the belly
Title: Re: What is this
Post by: Russ on April 02, 2020, 02:03:44 pm
i have maybe a half an inch in thickness on this billet, im realy worried about going another ring down
Title: Re: What is this
Post by: Russ on April 02, 2020, 02:05:01 pm
the third picture was just of it wet so i could see it better. i removed it.