Brain Twisting Guess ?

[Stick Bender]

Hi Fellas  I have a osage sapling stave that I'm chasing a little here a little there , but in the end my guess is I'm going to end up with about 64 in. Long 1 1/8 wide & 1/2 thick , so for a bendy self bow design I figure my thickness taper would be Aprox. 1/2 thick at the handle tapering to 5/16 at 5 in. short of the tips, 54 in. Working limb total .so for you guys familiar with bendy designs do you think I could end up with a 64 in. Self bow 48 lb. @ 29 in. ? I know the question is no more then speculation but just trying to get a idea if I'm in the ball park ? Of course I could pike to 60 in. Or sinew this stave is a rock hard like steel 15 yr old stave ?

[Badger]

 The width is ok but I don't think you have enough thickness. At 60" you would be very close, probably ok. You can always pike after the fact.

[JonW]

If you nail the tiller early maybe.

[Pat B]

I never try to predetermine the thickness of a bow before it is built or try to get a stave to a specific close to thickness before the bow is tillered. The proper thickness for any wood bow is what it turns out to be after properly tillered and shot in.

[Stick Bender]

Thanks guys  Appreciate it  I will give it go just didn't know if 1/2 in. Thickness that nature is leaving me on this one was worth a shot at 64 in. Self bow or just plan a shorter sinew bow like the Beadman says bow making is problem solving 101  I will try the 64 in. And go from there

[mikekeswick]

I think you are going to be better off sinewing and starting at 60 inch. Build up the sinew thickness at the handle a good bunch. Sinew doesn't add much stiffness but you can keep adding it to the handle area if you haven't got enough. Too much bend at then handle is a no-no!
The shorter the bow the less thickness you need.

[bradsmith2010]

I think you got great advice from above,, try it and see, keep records for sure,, even if you got 40 on the self bow it could be a close range hunter,, with the option to always sinew back at any time,,