Ash from wheelbarrow handle. (it blew up)

[ionicmuffin]

glad to hear that, now that the limb that was holding more reflex is now evening out to a little under 3 inches i think it will be balanced again. I will say, when i laid out this bow i marked center, then the bottom of the handle got 3 inches and the top got 1. so the top limb is longer and the bottom is shorter, that's part of the reason i gave the bottom limb the best grain and the top got a bit more wavy but is still really quite strait. looking forward to getting it finished up. maybe this saturday i can start putting oil on, but im getting ahead of myself. tiller tuesday finish later.

[lostarrow]

Randman- It is an excellent ilustration of just what can be accomplished with  bending wood.Thanks for posting.
 Icon- looking good! If I know what kind of finish I want, I sometimes lay down a coat or two of oil base stain on the back before tillering. Same idea as working fat or oil into the back.Not quite as good but seems to help when things get dry here. If the bow fails ,you are only out a few mins. of your time,if it holds ,you're ahead of the game .

[ionicmuffin]

well. seeing as this will be given to someone, ill just wait to put the finish on once I've gotten it very smooth. I should try it with one of my bows though.

[ionicmuffin]

k, time to start tillering again. since im new to tillering bows so they are still bending rather than just being static tips ill start posting progress often.

[ionicmuffin]

alright heres where im at right now. ill see what i can do about making it a plain back round next time. what do i need to work on? its definitely feeling very nice and heavy 

[ionicmuffin]

ok, heres where i am now. 20 inches and its looking ok, but im sure im missing a bunch.

[ionicmuffin]

  no replies! shall i just wing it?

[Joec123able]

Looks slightly stiffer on the right side

[Joec123able]

Yea right side mid limb id take alittle off

[ionicmuffin]

sounds good.

[randman]

Yeah that's what I see too muffin, little stiff on the right. stay away from the middle and work on it last.

Lookin good! You're gettin awful close to short string time (if you're not there already).

[ionicmuffin]

sweet! ill work on it tomorrow probably. thursday i have time and friday too. i know why the right is still stiff. Its the fact that its shorter than the other. The other one is like 2 inches longer and the bottom is 2 inches shorter. Well see where im at tomorrow! thanks for your advice randman and joec123albe!


Heres what it looks like braced, or roughly like that.

[randman]

Well, it might not look exactly like that at brace (and it might). I've found bracing it is one of the tests to see if you've done a good job so far because the short string has a way of putting different stresses on it than a long string. That's why you try to get a short string on it as soon as possible. If it looks good at brace right off the bat, it sure makes your job easier.

[bubby]

why 2" shorter?

[ionicmuffin]

the center is still the center, but i made the bottom of the handle 3 inches from center, and the top is one. This is how i learned it from bryce, and this is how i make most of my bows now. So if you take one inch off the bottom limb and add it to the top limb it will be 2 inches longer than the bottom one. that the entire reason i gave the bottom limb better grain. although its going to bend in the handle a bit anyway so i dont think it will hurt anything at all.