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Hickory Backed Cherry Longbow Follies; Episode 2
Minuteman:
Alright for those of you who've been following my feeble attempts lately at building a Hikree backed cherry LB, this is my new thread. I'm gonna lay out some specifics then get everybody's take on what I oughtta do next,.
Here's the perticklers:
As I said before Hik backed cherry , 70" long tip to un nocked tip, width at handle is 1 1/4" , tips are just under 1/2" wide and 1/2" deep. Fresh off the form theres 2 1/8" of reflex . The form I used induced reflex uniformly over the whole bow . I just cut an arc in a 2x8, squared it to the side, covered it with 1/4" luann and used it.
The thickness of the handle is 1" right now at the raised section that I'm going to glue a piece of curly maple to in order to get the size handle I want.The limb thickness just outside the handle is 7/8" and it tapers to the 1/2" deep tips.
I've got the hikree on the back smoothed and sanded nicely and the edges have been rounded over a bit to prevent any lifters. Sides of the limbs have been trued up and sanded right perty.
I'm thinking that 7/8" deep just outside the handle is too deep to start out tillerin on. Am I right? If so what do you think I oughtta take it down to? 11/16" , 3/4"?
If I break this one I'm gonna cry like a baby girl. :'( :o
Any help would be sincerely appreciated. I hat cryin' like a baby girl! ;)
Chris
Minuteman:
Hep Me! Where ya'll at? ???
I went ahead and trued up the surface on the belly side of the handle and got one side of the curly maple piece trued as well and glued 'em together.
Am I wearin ya'll out?
Marc St Louis:
Chris
Even though Cherry is a low density wood it has pretty high compression strength so yes 7/8" thick is to much, unless you are looking to make a 90# bow. I assume here that you are making an ELB type bow but with a flat belly? I would keep the draw weight down to about 50# and for that 3/4" will be enough to start tillering.
Minuteman:
Yeah, Marc, ELB style , flat bellied. I was looking for around 50 pounds. Thats all I care to pull anyway.
I'm gonna glue on some curly maple tip overlays this morning and rasp the belly down to 3/4". Then give it a day or two to let everything set up and get back on it. Thanks ,Marc.
Chris.
Marc St Louis:
Well Chris I would hesitate to rasp anything. BC scrapes quite easily and I have found that a rasp can leave marks in the wood that can travel deep into the wood. I never use my rasps for tillering, only for roughing out
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