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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: benjamin on October 13, 2008, 09:57:20 pm

Title: I cant find a ring!
Post by: benjamin on October 13, 2008, 09:57:20 pm

I found a blacklocust tree hidden where no one would miss it... moving on. I went down two heartwood rings and pealed it for a few inches and now I CANNOT find where the ring ends to keep peeling. I hate to do it with hand tools but I'm about this close from decrowming this thing... hey, what would a boackwards BL bow be like?

Title: Re: I cant find a ring!
Post by: mullet on October 13, 2008, 10:19:56 pm

  I can't comment. I couldn't find the ring the first time I tried BL either. I gave it away and the guy I gave it to broke it.

Title: Re: I cant find a ring!
Post by: D. Tiller on October 13, 2008, 10:21:51 pm

Its thick on the sapwood. Where the end cut is will show you where the sapwood begins and ends.

Title: Re: I cant find a ring!
Post by: El Destructo on October 13, 2008, 10:42:41 pm

                        I have made De crowned Paddle Bows with Locust before.....they turned out just fine...........

Get down through the Sapwood....and the rings are a lot easier to follow....you can a;so try shoe polish...it helps to track the ring you are scraping on.

Title: Re: I cant find a ring!
Post by: Pat B on October 13, 2008, 11:04:17 pm

Look down the stave towards bright natural light. The growth ring ought to jump out at you. Trace it with a pencil so you can keep track of it.     Pat

Title: Re: I cant find a ring!
Post by: George Tsoukalas on October 14, 2008, 12:10:12 am

How do you know you lost it? BL rings are usually pretty thick. You may be in one. Otherwise, Pat gave great advice. Jawge.

Title: Re: I cant find a ring!
Post by: Pappy on October 14, 2008, 06:06:40 am

I use a scraper to clean the area up and then do what Pat/Jawges said.Sometimes you can walk around it and look at it from different directions and see it the like Pat said I mark it with a pencil and move on.Get one all the way across it and then move on. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: I cant find a ring!
Post by: richpierce on October 14, 2008, 01:10:48 pm

I have seen several staves where BL does not have prominent rings.  I don't like it and don't think those staves are as strong.

Title: Re: I cant find a ring!
Post by: YewArcher on October 14, 2008, 01:19:29 pm

Why did you remove heart wood rings? Black locust rings are so thick usually you just remove the same wood and use the first heart wood layer?

Title: Re: I cant find a ring!
Post by: welch2 on October 14, 2008, 01:45:23 pm

Sometimes it helps to watch the rings on each edge or side too .Mark them with a pencil there and work from each side toward the center .Besides very good light ,a little water on the back can make the rings stand out also.

Ralph

Title: Re: I cant find a ring!
Post by: cracker on October 14, 2008, 08:45:26 pm

I some times dirty it up to make the ring visible. Ron

Title: Re: I cant find a ring!
Post by: El Destructo on October 14, 2008, 09:31:18 pm

Quote from: cracker on October 14, 2008, 08:45:26 pm

I some times dirty it up to make the ring visible. Ron

Like with Shoe Paste........  ;)