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Offline luke the drifter

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osage bowstaves
« on: November 25, 2009, 01:01:45 pm »
bear with folks this the first time i have done this.  look these pictures over and offer advice if any about how to start and to solve potential problems












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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: osage bowstaves
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2009, 01:36:36 pm »
Luke, go to the first good sized ring you see.  I don't see anything unusual about them.  Jawge
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Offline knap_123

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Re: osage bowstaves
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2009, 02:24:41 pm »
yep, yep,i see the problem here, thats not my table there sitting on!   ;D  good looking wood my friend, start chasing a ring
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Offline Dean Marlow

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Re: osage bowstaves
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2009, 04:48:55 pm »
Looks like you get a real clean Osage stave there. Hard to find. Like evrybody else says. Find and chase the ring you want then draw your center line following the grain and you are on your way. Good luck  on that nice piece of wood. Dean
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Offline luke the drifter

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Re: osage bowstaves
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2009, 11:04:30 pm »
i am kind of concerned about the fourth picture down.  there is a a hump there that i don't quite know how to handle.  my first inclination is that will tiller into a hinge, unless there is a way around that.  do i tiller around that hump or tiller it into the bend.  i appreciate any and all advice and responses.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: osage bowstaves
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2009, 12:00:26 am »
Basically, when tillered, the limbs will taper from fades to the tips in thickness and width. When you come to a knot you try to center it in the width of the limb and leave it proud from back to belly. If you can't center the knot in the limb, leave extra wood around the knot from side to side. Also, you want to follow the undulations of the back as you taper the limb thickness. Those "hoop-ti-dos"  are decieving and take concentration to tame.
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Offline shamus

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Re: osage bowstaves
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2009, 09:36:51 am »
looks like a nice failry straight and clean stave. Not sure about the earlywood/latewood ratios (pictures a bit blurrry).

This might help:

Evaluating Osage: http://analogperiphery.blogspot.com/2009/10/evaluating-osage.html

Tillering profiles : http://analogperiphery.blogspot.com/2009/04/tiller-profiles.html

Osage flatbow design: http://analogperiphery.blogspot.com/2008/05/osage-flat-bow-dimensions.html

Also, check out Geroge's site http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/ and Sam's site: http://www.geocities.com/salampsio/index.html

 Good stuff there.
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