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yew holmegaard--full draw pics--tru-oil finish
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Hey guys,
I did a buttload more work on the thing today, and finally got to floor tiller stage. Those big knots are coming off, one by one...god i need my bandsaw back! Even if it is just a little guy....
I took the bark off the back of the handle, thinned the sapwood opposite the fades (somewhat, more to do there), and drawknifed the stave to 1.5" wide for the bending portion of the limbs. I also made the tips 1" longer, both for leverage and aesthetics, carved out the handle a bit, and flattened the bellies. Here is a pic of one belly.
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Tonight i plan to take the thing down to the lines. It's starting to bend a hair now. I have a bunch more work to do on the very time-consuming knots that populate this stave. I'm gonna take the handle down to where i can hold it at least, and start on the fades, get them roughed in.
Tomorrow i'm gonna make a steampipe like Pappy uses, only out of pvc. This stave is deflexed at the handle and it has a minor twist. I think i won't worry about the twist just yet. But when i steam it tomorrow, i'll clamp it into some reflex...probly put 1.5" block under each end and clamp the sucker down. That'll give it more pep. While it's shedding moisture over the next few days, i'll try and collect some more wood, and also get started on a kid's bow i just offered to do for a friend's son.
This bow has been a real lesson in carving, that's for sure! All these knots! I bet a smooth stave would go MUCH faster. God i can't believe the time i've spent just roughing it out!
I've got the bending limbs dialed down to 1.5 "...is that too wide for yew? Am i going to get a 100#'er?
ravenbeak:
hey scott,
that is looking great, i look forward to seeing it in person
cheers,
Jamie
Ohio John:
Man of man we really are birds of a feather my friend! I thought I was the only one making big messes of shavings right in the house !
sailordad:
--- Quote from: Ohio John on July 17, 2009, 03:25:41 pm ---Man of man we really are birds of a feather my friend! I thought I was the only one making big messes of shavings right in the house !
--- End quote ---
heck i have room in the basement just for orking on my bows,even do a little knapping in there(with a fan on of course).
its nice cause that room is on the recirc side of my furnace and all the air has to go thru the hepa filter,helps keep the dust from knapping and tillering from going thru the whole house
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