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started tillering today
DanaM:
your not going to tiller with a drawknife are you, rasp and scraper are all you need to tiller.
david w.:
o, I was planning on it. Thanks for stoping me. Is there a difference between a paint scraper(i think theres a thing called a paint scraper) and a scraper for tillering.
medicinewheel:
hey david! - yes i guess there's a difference, but the native speakers should explain that... 38#@20" might be much closer to 30#@20" then you think right now! so go s l o o o o o w.... (we all can't wait to see the fulldraw picture, but we WILL wait!!!) 8)
what was your wood again? hickory??
good luck for your first bow, frank
ps: i still find the drawknife a tricky tool to work with. also there are MANY different kinds of drawknives for different purposes!! be always VERY carefull when you work with it and as dana said NEVER use it to tiller; it's a shaping tool!
david w.:
im going very slow now, exercising the limbs often. My dad made a scraper by taking the blade out of a plane. I cant wait to post pics either maybe tomorrow.
thanks foe the help,
david
DanaM:
David for a scraper you can use a knife with a straight edge or make one from a thin piece of steel. There is thread somewhere on here about scrapers, do a search for scrapers. If ya have birthday comin up suggest to mom and dad that ya want the Traditional Bowyers Bible books. Hoping to see some pics soon and remember to take yer time. Good Luck
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