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osage longbow build-along/help-along(full draw pictures)

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Pat B:
As long as your belly follows the the contours of the back you should be OK unless the knot is not sound. 

youngbowyer:
I found the center line of the bow with a string and im kinda worried. The string is like half a centimeter away from  the handle because the lower limb bends away from the handle. Here is a picture of it.


Should i steam bend it out once i get closer to final dimensions or can i get away with it?

Badger:
Several years ago I built a long bow from osage. 140#@30". To this day i can't figure out what happened with that bow. Was the biggest dog I ever built in my life. I chalked it up to bad wood and cut the bow down to normal size and made 60# flatbow from it that came out great. All I can figure is that the wood must not have been as dry as I thought it was. I could brace the bow as easily as a 70# bow even though it was 76"long and slightly reflexed. Early draw weight was very low. Been wanting to get some more osage and try another one, made plenty in the 70 and 80# class that came out great.

JW_Halverson:
Once you are closer to final dimensions you can use dry heat to bend it easily enough.  Just don't try to take out that kink with that dead knot, the grain will be all kinds of crazy in that area.  Pick a few spots that are clear grained and several smaller adjustments will add up to what you need to correct the wandering wood.

gstoneberg:
Tom,

That frustrates me because that spot was straight before I sawed the stave in half so you could have 2 staves.  Its like there was stored up stress in that spot and the minute it was cut both sides bent there.  Maybe it would have been better if I'd left it whole...  I just wanted you to get 2 staves..not sure it was worth it.

George

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