first elm wackedy thingy."" finshed pics""

[4dog]

Any advice on dealing with the hole ,,would be helpful.

[mikekeswick]

 Think of the knot as a rock in a stream. The wood fibers flow around it - don't cut through them.
Like I said before a stave like this is best left until you know what you are doing.
If you don't know anything about making character bows then you should buy the Bowyers Bibles. There is so much to making a good bow out of that stave that you won't get it all written down here 

[4dog]

Anyone care to see some finished pics of this elm bow saga?

[Pat B]

Heck yeah! post um.

[4dog]

Ok ,, there are so many pics i gotta sort through em not sure which are worth lookin at,, will post some later this eve.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Is that the stave you sent me pics of? Looks like it.

[4dog]

Yes it is and it looks sooooo diff. now and will send an arrow downrange,, finished it because of your encouragement and my friend Bowman and lots of help from Ink, it was some work but what i learned on this bow helped me finish what is actually my FIRST bow , they were built at the same time.

[Buckeye Guy]

Glad to hear you went for it !
Lets see what ya got !

[rossfactor]

That is an extremely challenging stave. The knot is tough, but worse, is the uneven reflex out of the handle area. I think that uneven reflex out of the handle is one biggest curve balls a stave can throw at you. Its very difficult to tiller the limbs evenly with uneven inner limb reflex because the 'effect' of inner limb orientation will travel down the length of the limb.  The tendency is to want to make the defelxed limb 'stronger' and the reflexed limb 'weaker'. I'd keep that in mind.

I'm not saying chuck it out, but this one has the potential to send you for a loop.

Gabe

[stickbender]

   It would make a nifty combination walking stick, duck, goose, sheep, pig, herding, and snake, dog, mule, scorpion, centipede, spider, and kid whacking stick!

                                                               Wayne

[4dog]

Ok gonna attempt this bear with me yall ,, doing this from my phone.

[4dog]

So took it from 72" to 53" in two cuts   lol

[4dog]

Had to deal with the knot ,, but,, what to do,, i know make the knot,, a nock!

[4dog]

One nock

[4dog]

Two nock