I've built 3 board bows, this is my first self bow...I cut this tree down last summer, and a few months ago split it and took it over to Gus' who helped me hatchet it down to about 3" square...
A few weeks ago I chased it down to one ring with my draw knife, before I knew I didnt need to, but I figured I needed the practice anyway... The back of this is lumpy and bumpy and all sorts of squirley.
Yesterday I got it down to almost floor tillered, well, I thought I got it f/T until I saw the pics...funny how my mind plays tricks...
I am using only a shark tooth rasp to do first shaping and a 4 way to do everything else, and paper of course later. It takes longer but I always mess up when I use power tools.
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68" TTT, 4" handle, 1.5" fade, a little less that 2" wide at fade til 1/3 up the limb where it tapers/follows grain to 1/2"tips, and the last 6" will not bend.
I am looking for 45ish# @ 28". I am going to build the double post tiller jig someone has on here to tiller it down. and final tiller by hand with your guys' help...
I will keep posting pics so you guys can walk me through this, and I put red tape on one end so you guys can differentiate the two, I'll keep it there until its tillered so yall know what its doing.
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First shaping...
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Not quite there...
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theres two lumps right near the tip...
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Bigd knot on the static tip part so I'm not too worried about it.
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and a dark line that runs from the tip to a little past the tip fade.
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These are a couple inches from the handle fade
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Lemme know what yall think?