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Apprentice:
Hello, my name is Jonathan and I am a long time fan of archery. I have woodworking experience in other areas and have decided to take up bow building as a hobby. I was hoping to get some tips on some essential tools neccesary for bow building. I have read up om bow building and I feel ready to give it my first attempt, but first I need to get the appropriate tools.

Some tools I've come across for removing wood are:
The Stanley surform, spokeshave, drawknife, nicholson rasp and wood planes.

Unfortunately I do not have a bandsaw, but I do have a high quality jigsaw, which I believe ought to be capable of roughing out a bow. However for the tillering process, I could use some tips on which tools I should get. 

I was thinking of buying a surform and a spokeshave, what are your opinions?

youngbowyer33:
i have a spokeshave, and i hate it.but i also dont really know how to use it and i also haven't given it much of a chance. as for the surform, i have one also and it helps me with my floor tillering and some of the long string. i dont have experience with drawknives, but i hear it takes practice to use, so i would recommend a good hand plane. as far as rasps go, the nicholson 4 in hand is pretty good, but i dont find it takes enough wood off, so i got a big coarse bastard rasp. i would also suggest cabinet scrapers for tillering.

sailordad:
well all i use are
draw knife if i need to remove bark and chase a ring
bandsaw for cutting out the rough shape
sure form for floor tillering and getting to the short string,i dont long string tiller
once i can get a short string on it all i use is my scrapers
small chain saw file for cutting nocks in
sandpaper for finish and final tillering
my digital camera and computer help with all stages of tillering,i take a pic and put it into widows paint and overlay and eliptical to check tiller(thanks to El D)

Apprentice:
Sounds like I should get the surform and some cabinet scrapers then. Thanks

More opinions?

nugget:
sailordad named off all the good stuff. I would recommend a farriers rasp also or any real aggresive file.

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