Sneak peek 2

[Selfbowman]

69” target bow hopefully.🤠Just followed the grain but put my reflex in the ends.

[Selfbowman]

Pic

[bentstick54]

I like the wiggles. Will be watching to see what a good bowyer will do with it.

[Selfbowman]

On the heat bench.

[Selfbowman]

Trying something I tried some time back. Followed the grain from the split on the stave. Laid bow out from there. Then I put a metal ban down  the center of the bow . Marking beside it. Pic

[Selfbowman]

The slashed section will be thicker. The part that wiggles out from center will be thinner in thickness. It helps the limbs keep from twisting during the draw. I think anyway.🤠should help in shock also.

[Selfbowman]

For the guys that heat by color is this about right?

[Bob Barnes]

I'm not ignoring you Arvin, but I don't understand complicated stuff when it comes to building bows.  The center line/thicker limb thing is beyond me.  sorry  I do know that I see quite a variety of colors when guys heat treat... I'd ask Marc since is is the authority on that.  You are a bow building machine...

BTW- I just read somewhere that it is Badger's birthday today! 

[Selfbowman]

Well Happy Birthday Badger!!!! Bow b it’s more of a gut feeling. I you follow the grain that’s great but if it gets out of a straight line I feel it has a tendency to warp the bend in a bow. Just like a glass bow that has set on the end leaning in the comer strung for some years and the limb gets twisted. Now it’s a junk bow. I could be wrong. I often am. So I got the back finished and rubbed in by the shaft tamer and now for tip overlays and start the tiller. I think I’ll name it little wiggle.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Color tells nothing of proper tempering. I can hold a heat gun about 1" away and make it look just like that in 20 seconds and it would do nothing for the bow. Or, I can hold the heat gun 3-4" away and it heats through the limb and looks like that after many minutes. The average bow should take no less than an hour to temper.

[Selfbowman]

Pearl I learn something everyday. Thanks

[Selfbowman]

Back is finished except for light sanding and finish.tip overlays on and now for the tiller

[Bob Barnes]

It looks like a nice piece of wood... good luck!

[Selfbowman]

Bob it was a good stave. I could  have Made it straight but just decided to go with the flow.m

[bjrogg]

Color tells nothing of proper tempering. I can hold a heat gun about 1" away and make it look just like that in 20 seconds and it would do nothing for the bow. Or, I can hold the heat gun 3-4" away and it heats through the limb and looks like that after many minutes. The average bow should take no less than an hour to temper.

I think Del said it best. If your not bored out of your skull before your done your doing it wrong.

Bjrogg