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[dylanholderman]

As long as it isn’t trying to throw the string off I would learn that tip alone. I have a long bow I made do the same thing and it looks a little funky but shoots just fine.

[hoosierf]

Thanks Dylan, I want to leave it. It just looks kinda odd. Shoots good.  The tips curve in opposite directions so the string passes pretty close to center. I’ll shoot it a bunch and see how she holds up. I think I’ll give it a really good heat treatment to get to my 42# goal and dress it up.

[sleek]

On to plan B&C

I had this sap wood ring chased for years and never treated it. Now it has spalted. Osage sap works fine as a back  but it must be cared for. Now I am chasing a few sap rings down to a clean ring. I may leave the last ring if sap on it or take it off, I'm not certain.

[loefflerchuck]

Patrick, no offense taken. At the most I'd take it as a extra challenge. I've been building bows and sinew backed bows for 30 years now. I in no way think I am the most experienced bowyer on this site. I'm not. In a lifetime we can't learn everything about every kind of wood and backing. There it a difference between conifer, ring porous and diffuse porous woods and lots of variation in those groups themselves. Try to fast season a wild plum and get a bow and you have issues. Using green juniper when you start gives you the ability to clamp out twist, dry it into a recurve and easily shape with steam. Seasoned juniper needs to be soaked before steam bending as it will break if not.

[lebhuntfish]

Chuck, I've seen your bows and they are awesome. I've personally never worked any juniper, I would love to though. I have worked ERC and it to is finikey when dry. But you can bend it with a heat gun and a wet towel wrapped in foil.

Between work, covid, and lawn mower problems my weekend sucked. I spent more time using orange hand cleaner than I did sleeping. Hope to get some more shop time this week. But missouri just went on a stay at home order and I am considered an essential personnel as a HVAC technician. Stay safe everyone!

Patrick

[sleek]

Plan C, if you coud have a stave grow into any shape, what would it be? I have a confession, I dont know how to tiller this one.

[Deerhunter21]

del did something where he put cards on a wiggly bow.... or something. lemme find the link.

[sleek]

That's the side profile

[Deerhunter21]

yeah i know. wait, do you not know how to tiller it because of the side profile or the back profile?

[Deerhunter21]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0cyp4g9Noc

[sleek]

yeah i know. wait, do you not know how to tiller it because of the side profile or the back profile?

Side profile. I haven't ever tillered one like that well.

[sleek]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0cyp4g9Noc

Such a clever Cat

[Mo_coon-catcher]

You can trace the profile of the back onto something you can compare back to. Once you brace it you can lay the handle in the same spot and see if everything is bending as it should. And can see where any set it occurring.

Kyle

[sleek]

You can trace the profile of the back onto something you can compare back to. Once you brace it you can lay the handle in the same spot and see if everything is bending as it should. And can see where any set it occurring.

Kyle

Thanks Kyle, I need to see what the final tiller shape should be.

[loefflerchuck]

Patrick, I've never tried the wet foil thing.

Sleek, if you took a few inches off one side you would have a perfect deflex/reflex profile.