Longers7 720 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Made a catty from some off cuts of hardwood I had left over, main part being oak with walnut and ash palm swell. After banding it up I purposely gave it a fork hit just to test how strong it would be, after one hit with a 9.5 steel bb the fork snapped!!! So if your thinking of making or buying an oak catty then my advice would be don't. definately going to be using ally or multiplex core from now on!! :-/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
perthshire keeper 1,237 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 lot of work in that too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Longers7 720 Posted April 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Yeah there was mate, shame. But better than losing an eye I suppose 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the big chief 3,099 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 shame that happend it was a lovely catty hell of alot of work gone in to it i would have thought that would have stood up to some good fork strikes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micken 2 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Oak can be a brittle wood, the up-cut on the fork has caused it to shear in that instance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leegreen 2,100 Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Not being funny but I could see weakness in those forks and not just where they went. I have an natural fork Oak catapult and it's as strong as they get. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Longers7 720 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 I have a natural oak fork as well and it is tough like you said, if honest I kind've knew it would be weak but was interested to see just how weak, think it would've been stronger if the grain on the forks was running at 90 degrees with the tips rather than straight up the forks, also the band cuts weakened it loads like what's been said. Didn't really take that long and it was from scrap off cuts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,483 Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 thats a pitty it looks nice mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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