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Offline Pat B

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Re: a stave from mullet
« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2014, 09:53:07 pm »
Is there a hinge at that area?
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Re: a stave from mullet
« Reply #16 on: October 28, 2014, 10:24:48 pm »
without taking it down how do you know it only went 2 rings down? ???
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Offline Tyke

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« Reply #17 on: October 28, 2014, 11:21:05 pm »
I scraped it down two rings just where the crack was restrung it at about 2" brace and checked to see if it was cracked anymore
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« Reply #18 on: October 28, 2014, 11:22:58 pm »
No there wasnt a hinge pat but theres a tiny knot
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« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2014, 11:31:29 pm »
well tyke that's what I was thinking u did, i'd take the rest of the back down, and I don't really like chasing rings
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Offline Tyke

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Re: a stave from mullet
« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2014, 11:38:25 pm »
You must need a good scraper then bubby ;D
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Re: a stave from mullet
« Reply #21 on: October 28, 2014, 11:50:45 pm »
What made it crack? Osage doesn't crack in tenion just cause.
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« Reply #22 on: October 29, 2014, 12:08:36 am »
I honestly dont know we did hit freezing last night and i left it in my shop over night
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« Reply #23 on: October 29, 2014, 12:12:08 am »
I've got a khalverson scraper they don't get any better ;)
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Re: a stave from mullet
« Reply #24 on: October 29, 2014, 12:15:55 am »
Tyke, freezing doesn't matter, too dry could.
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Re: a stave from mullet
« Reply #25 on: October 29, 2014, 12:16:44 am »
seems to me that that little knot has something to do with it. someone with more experience would have to say why, but the crack is too close to the knot to be coincidence.  Bummer Tyke, hope you can recover from it.
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« Reply #26 on: October 29, 2014, 12:23:47 am »
The crack is coming off the knot but why? Most osage bows have pins and/or knots in them. Knots check(drying cracks following grain) but osage doesn't crack without a reason. Even taking the top off of the pin shouldn't cause a crack like that.
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Re: a stave from mullet
« Reply #27 on: October 29, 2014, 01:58:23 pm »
You violated the little pin knot. Super Glue in the crack and then rawhide back it. Quick and simple.
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Re: a stave from mullet
« Reply #28 on: October 29, 2014, 02:06:48 pm »
Yes sir eddie
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Offline Parnell

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Re: a stave from mullet
« Reply #29 on: October 29, 2014, 05:22:36 pm »
Good practice to always leave an extra growth ring as a little "island" above a pin knot so that doesn't happen.  I made that mistake once on my first Osage stave.  Crack didn't develop for about a year, then all of a sudden...surprise!
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