Thanks again for the nice comments fellas, Hey Jeff, when you gonna post up that Mollegabet? It's a thing of beauty. Thanks Pappy and Dana means a lot.
Orkraider: I make mine from split out "boards" the splits (or quartersawn) are vertical grain and are much like the originals were. I tiller them out with three "sticks" (short medium and long)were the bow is kept under tension while being tillered into a "full circle" like in the PA article. All the tillering is done with a knife blade (shaves well but not too aggressive).
The Ottawa tillered after the "scallops were cut in (but they had hundreds of years to work it out, so I've been advising folks to tiller out the stick till it hits full draw and is is about 5 or so pounds heavy.....then cut in the scallops. The problem for us white guys is when you tiller with the "nodes" allready cut in the knife blade will tend to "roller-coaster" where the nodes are; it's like a hard spot and the narrower limb in between is like soft wood ......I though it is easier for guys making the first few to tiller the board and then cut the scallops. It is not too complicated at all.......patience is the hard part, to keep working that draw back while keeping the weight and the circular arc. (Boise De Arc) Threw in a couple pics of some other Ottawa (Odawa) that I made.
hope that helps some.
Rich
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