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Offline HighEagle

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SCALLOPED EDGE BOW
« on: May 17, 2020, 12:46:01 pm »
When making a Eastern Woodland type bow When do you add the scallops? After floor tiller ?during the tilling ? after 1st brace?   Thanks Chuck
Armstrong, BC

Offline Ricardovanleeuwen

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Re: SCALLOPED EDGE BOW
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2020, 01:35:50 pm »
My thoughts on It is early in the proces since you Will lose weight and dephending on the scaloping could create hinges

Offline M2A

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Re: SCALLOPED EDGE BOW
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2020, 09:33:15 pm »
In the 2 I completed, I carved the scallops in when I had the bow tillered to 18-20 inches. I didnt look at it as losing weight but gaining a few inches on the tiller. Think it was about 3 inches I gained, and that will depend on depth of scallops vs width of bow. Post scallops I would check limb thickness often and correct with sandpaper and a block of wood if needed, so hinging was no more of a concern than any other bow.
Mike

Offline HighEagle

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Re: SCALLOPED EDGE BOW
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2020, 10:07:28 pm »
Thanks Guys,
                    Chuck
Armstrong, BC