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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: help needed, stave problem, update
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2018, 12:45:33 pm »
Good decision.  I'd bet that bow would have broken if you hadn't of removed those rings to see what was the cause.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: help needed, stave problem, update
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2018, 01:01:03 pm »
You would have poured two bottles of glue into empty voids. Glad you chose to attack it correctly.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: help needed, stave problem, update
« Reply #17 on: February 16, 2018, 03:16:33 pm »
Moral of the story: when it comes to Osage, always go with the Outlaw and the Pearl.

You should ask for your money back!
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Offline Jim Davis

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Re: help needed, stave problem, of
« Reply #18 on: February 16, 2018, 04:17:38 pm »
That first ring that you took off was pretty good. It's the outer 10% of a limb that does 90% of the work. I still think you would have had a bow if you had left it. Can't prove it now.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: help needed, stave problem, update
« Reply #19 on: February 17, 2018, 06:53:02 am »
Jim he has already taken four rings off and those voids only got bigger. What do you suppose the belly side would have looked like had he left it as-is and "just made a bow"? I think you know that answer.
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Offline BowEd

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Re: help needed, stave problem, update
« Reply #20 on: February 17, 2018, 08:03:48 am »
Yep good decision to remove rings.Those cracks were not drying type checks.Pretty suspicious.Not being able to handle the wood is a disadvantage.
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Offline Hans H

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Re: help needed, stave problem, update
« Reply #21 on: February 17, 2018, 11:09:07 am »
thanks again guys, I think I`ll do what I mentioned: this will be the first bow for my little grandson, maybe in one or two years
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Hans
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