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Hickory Board Buildalong
medicinewheel:
pat! - this is OH SO TRUE what you are saying!!!
don't have 20 years of exterience but sure broke some wood alredy, and looked at it and thought: dang, learned something AGAIN!!
frank
Justin Snyder:
You don't have to worry about hurting anybodies feelings by not doing what we suggest. The way I do things is different than what a lot of guys do, you must make your own decisions. We are just trying to share a little of our experience. The one thing we can all agree on is that making a bow and breaking it is better than not making one at all.
I would make a backed bow out of it. Being that the bow is only 1 3/4" wide, I wouldn't try to split and splice. The finished board would be about 3/4" and awful hard to lay out a bow on. If the board is 9 feet,is it not possible to move the bow to get the big not off the bow or into the handle. I would take the pin knots in the limbs long before I would take the big not in the limb. I would keep a eye on the hickory pile for more boards. If you can find one with vertical grain and no run off, I would cut it into backing strips. You can make a bow with an average board if you get a good backing. Justin
Newbowyer:
Justin, Using the area with the knot was my best option. The grain got all twisty towards the other end of the bow + it was kinda warped from that point on.
Last night while trying to rough it out I realized a mistake in dimensions. My tips were 5/8 wide. I am going to erase it and redo the dimensions . Fortunately I wasnt very far in the process so I didnt ruin anything.
Newbowyer:
Ok made a template of the fades to use out of cardboard much easier to use.
I was using my surform with some success, worked bow width down to 1.5 inches with it. Realizing how much I had to do I got to work. About halfway through I decided it was time to break out the Angle grinder. I know that this site is primative I resisted as long as I could. I only did one end of my bow I got it to withing a .5 inch or .25 inch with angle grinder and then used rasp to get it right on the line. I took pics before I did that so it looks kinda bad.
Here is me prepped for angle grinder use, you would not believe the amount of dust kicked up by it! I had to quarentine my work area by parents orders to supress dust.
Limb, mind this was before I got the limb closer to lines. So it looks uneven
The project ahead tommorow, the other limb.
Any comments?
Justin Snyder:
Is that the knot in the second picture, just beyond where the line starts to taper? If it is lets see a picture of the side of the limb were you cut into the knot area. I don't really think the knot is that bad. You are doing good. Keep going and be carefull using power tools. Its not that I have anything against using power tools, you can just mess up your project and your fingers a lot faster. Justin
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