home bru stave press and shave horse

[LEGIONNAIRE]

Nice. You did a good job. I do think however the stave press may be a little to powerful for yew and may leave dings in it. After making bows for a while Im thinking I need one of those stave holders where you put your feet and it holds a stave. Any plans out there on how to make one??

[owlbait]

I don't know how much pressure the back of various woods can take. This is my second time trying this self bow stuff, the first being about 8 years ago. I tried using vices and stave horses and this home bru stave press holds the stave more securely than any other tool I've used. If that helps me work on more bows because I'm not fighting the stave, I think its a good thing. Plus, with KH building me one, I could actually afford it! And his workmanship is superb. 

[iowabow]

Are you related to Jw halverson?

[KHalverson]

havent dug far enough in the roots of the family tree to be sure

[mullet]

Do you really want to dig that deep?

[JW_Halverson]

We have discussed it, but not at great length.  Fact is, my branch of the Halverson Family Tree was pruned back in the late 1920's.  Apparently my grandfather and grandmother were more than a little wild.  To further complicate things my Great-great-great-grandfather and his two brothers; Martin, Asle, and Carl each have a different spelling.  1) Halversen 2) Halvorson 3) Halverson. 

Uff da.

[medicinewheel]

That thingi is way COOOOOL! Love it, love to work outside, too!