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Hickory Backed Cherry Longbow Follies; Episode 2
tom sawyer:
How stiff is it when you floor tiller? I usually let the wood tell me when its time to tiller. Lean on it and see, if its not bending at all then bring it down a bit and try it again. I'm not saying to sneak up on floor tiller, rasping will get you to floor tiller just fine. I alternate between a Nicholson #49 rasp and a scraper, it gives me a reasonable rate of wood removal and I'm always close to being in a finished state. Alternating between the two, also lets you know where you've worked and where you haven't. When your rasping, your roughing up the smooth surface. When you're scraping, you're smoothing up the rough surface.
Minuteman:
You want me to use a scraper to remove 1/8? ??? My lifes hard enough as it is. :'(
I've got a real smooth kinda rasp ,Marc. Its startin' to get worn out a bit ( kinda like me)so its more like an aggressive file really.It won't touch hickory. Just barely roughs things up . Its not bendin' at all except out near the tips right now so I think I'm perty safe . I think I'm stillin the roughing out stage , technically.
Marc, you have any pics of bows that are reflexed throughout the limb length but not recurved? Maybe braced and full draw? I don't wanna trash this one because of lack of knowledge.
I appreciate all the help folks.
Chris
NOMADIC PIRATE:
Great effort, and smart asking several times before going to far.
I can't help you any, but I'm on the sidelines cheering :)
Funny how Marc can give advices just by reading your numbers ( I guess he knows what's he doing ;D), ... when I was trying to read them they made no sense at all ::) ::) ;D ;D
Minuteman:
Thanks for the cheerin' ,Manny. I need all the encouragement I can get. ;D Shucks he said I was smart. He don't know me too good!
Eeyup, Marc knows his stuff and I ain't blowin smoke. 8)
I went ahead and glued on the tip overlays this afternoon.They are curly maple like the handle. I'm working under the assumption that this one is gonna BE A BOW!! ;) I also took the near handle part of the limb down to 3/4" to get ready to start floor tillerin'. Took it down to 3/4" with the smooth rasp then scraped it smooth and flat. I'm gonna give it until tomorrow evening before I start bending it any to let the glue dry on the tips.
The hickory backing glued down much better on this one . I think it was because I had the bow and backing roughed out for depth and width not just depth. I only roughed it out for depth back to belly on the first couple and I think they weren't getting good even pressure , or that method didn't suit my clamping technique. Not sure , but I do know this one is way better than the first two.
I'll get back on tomorrow and see about some pics.
Chris
Marc St Louis:
Chris
A scraper is all I use but the scrapers I use take off material at a good rate. You know your tools better than I do though. I have made a few BC longbows and most have been in the 70" long range but I went with a 1 1/8" width. This is the only one I have pictures of on hand
Manny
After you've made enough bows you will get to know what is what
BC makes a sweet longbow. Its low density and good compression strength makes for a low mass bow that flings an arrow quite well
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