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Drawknife question

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bluegill:
Problem solved. I just got back from Home Depot with a Stanley surform rasp. Thanks for all the help. I'll post updates as I progress on my first attempt at making a bow.

welch2:
Oops , my bad huh. Bluegill said drawknife ,so I didn't look at the picture.I figgered I knew what one looked like.  ::)

I never had much luck with the stanleys myself .I got a few antique wooden spokeshaves and a bowyers edge ,that for some reason work for me.

Ralph

bikermikearchery:
I may be the odd guy but a spoke shave is my favorite tool. It needs to be vary sharp and the blade set for the thinnest cut you can possibly get. shavings from my spoke shave are so thin you could read through them. Like tissue paper.

mullet:
I've got a spokeshave I used a couple of times and haven't used in two years.I went back to my rasp and small meat cleaver.I use my draw knife to chase rings with the blade 90 dgs to the wood.

venisonburger:
I use a spokeshave exclusively, like said above make sure it's very sharp and don't set it with too much blade sticking out, if you get chatter (the rough surface) then raise the blade up, don't force it either, pull it towards you letting the tool cut, I often times start on the corner not on the flat surface in the center of the stave or board, angle the spokeshave to shave the corner pulling towards you, then move a little more towards the center and pull towards you, then move a little more until you've worked yourself across the wood, spoke shaves aren't really designed for really flat surfaces, remember they were used to carve spokes. Take your time and learn to use it and you'll reach for it every time, I do.
VB

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