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jamie:
the grain on that piece looks like it might be running off to the side a bit so rawhide would be ideal. ash is a great bow wood. i think the most important factor with ash isnt how many rings you have but the size of the spring growth. if its very porous the bow will take quite a bit of set if its too heavy. ive built ash bows that looked like they should draw 80lbs and only hit 40 and visa versa.
George Tsoukalas:
You do have several violations in that picture, Frank and that is a small part of the stave. I urge caution. Reflexing, recurving coupled with a 29 in draw is asking a lot of that stave. I would back it too. May be skip the reflex. Jawge
Coo-wah-chobee:
Iam with Jawge on this......................bob
Justin Snyder:
Look at the black grain line on the left side of the stave. You can see that it is not running parallel to the stave like Jamie said. With that and the grain violations, I would definitely listen to George. Of course I would listen to George anyway, ;D but especially in this case. Justin
medicinewheel:
hi everybody!
@george: no that's not the violation shown in that picture, that was the edge between the first and second ring. the violation is very little and couldn't be seen on a photo at all. i'm really not shure whether it's there or not. i will be very carefull with the reflex (i rather skip the recurve, want to try heat-treating the belly) for the 29" draw: the stave is 71" long at all, think i should make the bow longer than 68" ntn?
@simon: i thought of taking down another ring, too, but it's very little and only in the white. i'll definitly back it with rawhide.
@justin: yes the grain runs diagonal, that mentioned black line comes in on one side and runs out of the stave 18" down on the other side.
in general: i know that's not the finest piece of wood, i see this bow more as training ground for several osage and yew staves waiting in line to become bows ;D ...but anyway i will do what i can to make it the best possible bow!
i aim for 45-50" at the 29"draw.
for now, thanks everybody!
frank
ps: should i apply the rawhide on the finished bow or after floor-tillering??
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