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Glass: a few follies
DCM:
Kegan,
Yes. LOL On the internet you learn to anticipate the unexpected.
Lennie,
He said I needed to leave the wood all the same thickness when straightening. I was actually still straightening this guy as I was tillering it, essentially too late, and never could get it straight even to the point of popping a nice crack thru it on the belly. It was actually crooked and whoop-d-do in that area. Further he said, when tillering, a whoop-d-do will always be thicker than the surrounding wood to bend evenly. Something about a whoop-d-do being inherently weaker, which I take with a grain of salt. I think if you put enough relfex in the whoop-d-do area might prove more comparable to the surrounding wood. But I have not actually put that to a definitive test.
Badger:
David I tend to be a "v" chaser when tillering a bow, even on the character bows, I can't say I have ever noticed a difference in strength at a whoop de doo, The do sometimes end up a little thicker when tiller is finsihded but have always thought that was just me and not the wood doing that. Steve
George Tsoukalas:
Though we only met at Mojam a few (?) years ago I consider DCM a friend. We were joking around for Pete's sake. Thanks for the kind words though. LOL. We kinda propelled the thread to new heights, DCM. LOL.:) Jawge
George Tsoukalas:
When I tiller, as the back dips, I try to get the belly to dip equally. That's what I do but I don't bend wood much. :) Jawge
DanaM:
"Wooden bow making seems to attract people who are competent in the gritty material world, but who also have a sense of subterranean magic. The existence of this quality could not be proven in court. It's displayed subtly, by tone rather than words, and in the bows they make. This is, no doubt, why they have rejected the soul-less, uniform factory bow."
Quote from Tim Baker TBB 1 Chapter 3, page 80
This sums it up pretty good for me.
Good job of writing Tim.
DanaM
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