If you are collecting your own stave you will need something to cut the tree down with chainsaw, handsaw, ax...etc. You will also need some wedges and a sledge hammer to split the stave. The handtools I use are a hatchet, drawknife, farriors rasp, coarse rasp, and scraper. You can find most of the tools at a chain hardware store. You will have to get some of your tools like the scraper, draw knife, rasp at a speciality wood store. You can get a farriors rasp for about 15 bucks at a feed store. I have seen draw knives on ebay for a reasonable price, but you might have to do some sharpening. If you buy a draw knife new your looking at 80-100 bucks. I guess you need to ask yourself what your budget is?? You can buy top of line stuff or you can be cheap like me. It was mentioned on here before that I a guy uses scissors as a scraper. There's ways around buying the expensive stuff, but if cost is not a issue three rivers archery has everything to get you started...One stop shop and your done. Don't forget you will need something to secure you wood when you work on it....like a vice or shave horse. I made a wooden bench, cut a hole through the bottom and mounted a vice so i can sit and work. What you will soon learn that there are many methods and a variety of tools for bow building....there are many correct answers...you have to pick the way you want to do it.... stone tools, metal hand tools, to power tools.... its all up to you?? This is just the way i choose.
Also... You need a way to tiller your bow such as a tillering stick, tillering tree, or pully system... I use all three
Before deciding I suggest you do alot of reading. Use the advance search option...and get started. I read for weeks before I even got started. The traditional bowyers bible one thru four contains a ton of useful knowledge.
Jon
