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fishfinder401:
del, don't keep quite, its good to see people have the same idea on what to do as i do, by the way, the knots are around the mid to upper limb area
noel

toomanyknots:
What I meant about taking your time, is when, not if, but when something goes wrong, which is bound to happen every now and again, don't be like me. Ill go out to the woods, take me 8 hours to cut and split out a big old tree, almost kill myself in the process, split into chunks big enough for me to carry to the van, and then season them for a year. Yadda yadda. Put over a year into a stave, and then one thing goes wrong while tillering and I get frustrated and ruin it in my frustration. It's best to take it slow and if you get worked up or are having a trouble spot, sit it in the corner for a while. You know what I mean. Take your time.

fishfinder401:
i will, i was so careful when removing the bark i used a tiny knife and did it flake b flake till i could see wood, i guess it also good i work late in the night? erly morning, soif i get to something like that i can just go to bed and sleep of the frustration and think.
thanks
noel

fishfinder401:
sorry for lack of pictures and progress, ive just benn taking a little of after school, and didn't remeber the camera, the firt is the main knot i left mid limb, second is what is left of the lager knot that was on the side, then the next one is of a small grain dig in at of course the part i thought was already to narrow,. the next is what the stave looks like de barked, and the last is dedicated to toomanyknots, try to guess why ;) again sorry for the lack of progression, yesterday it looked like only a debarked stave, but today it all f a sudden appeared, im sure other know what i mean
thanks
noel

Del the cat:
Looking good.
I always find there are some knots where you just can't tell if they will disappear or still be there in the final bow.
In your last pic there's one going across the limb which looks a bit iffy, like it will probably need to stay.
Although I'm often surprised how what I thought was a 'problem knots' often ends up disappearing as the bow is worked down.
The sap layer looks nice, not too thick, hopefully you'll be able to leave it whole.
Del

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