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Marz5:
I have just started making my first bow and I have some questions ???
First I'd like to share where share where I'm at in my project, as you can see in the pics I've layed out the bow, cut it out, and yesterday I started to ruff out the belly, all in all not alot. the current measurements of it are 72 3/8 in long, approx. 50mm wide at the grip and approx. 17mm wide at the tips. I want the weight to end up under 110#, w/ my min goal is about 80#
The thing is that while I'm able to avoid all of the knots except maybe 1, they are becoming a pain in my side (btw I'm using a drawknife to do this).
So how can I can get rid of of these knots in an easier (and less back-breaking) fashion?

Mark R.

Marz5:
Any and all comments, advice, ect. is greatly appreciated.

Mark R.

fishfinder401:
welcome, it looks great so far, and with the knots, unless you cut the shape of the bow out with a band saw, a draw knife is probably the best way to go
good luck
noel

CraigMBeckett:
If done by hand use either an axe, (preferably a side axe), or an adze. Axes were the traditional tool of the bowyer, James Duff writes of using one in his book "Bows and Arrows"

Craig.

Stretch:
I'm also building an ERC bow right now and the knots are a real pain.  They explode when I try em with my draw knife.  I've been having the best luck with saturating them with CA glue paring them down with a very sharp chisel working at them from both directions a bit at a time. 

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