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armymedic.2:
thanks otoe.-i found the very first i made "red oak board with sheetrock tape backing" worked a lot easier than the hickory, but it madd some wierd sounds after about 50 shots so i let it be a wall hanger.  plus the sheet rock tape is pretty ugly.  If you take your time, and use the board, nut and pencil routine the tillering seems pretty obvious.  you just scrape off the pencil lines, exercise the bow, and maerk it up again.   have fun with it, i know i did.  and only do about an hour at a time.  i saw a lot of things when i took a break tha i would have just blundered through without.

armymedic.2:
okay, i decided the ipe was too atractyive, and ill use a cabinet scraper to keep dust down.  so i ordered wood for a 68" ipe with bamboo back, and ill try to do it like pat said on the american long bow.   after i get the wood i will do a buid along so yall can help me try the shorter style bow.   thanks to all

Otoe Bow:
MS2:  Where did you order the wood and was does it already come backed?

I might order some to and truly "build" along.

Otoe

armymedic.2:
i ordered my stuff form rudder bows online.  you can order a regular stave, backed stave, floor tillered, or u-finish.  the u-finish is not what you want because all of the work is done already, and  you apply a finish.  a good place to start would be with a backed, floor tillered stave.  i say that because you don't have to buy a band saw to rough it out (i know you can do it with a rasp), and all of the "talented"work still needs to be done.  you need to add the handle, tiller, and finish.  the only problem is it takes like 6 weeks to get your wood from them.  if you are not going to cut the tree yourself, you mine as well order it backed already unless you want to back it for experience.  backing is just gluing  the darn things together, so in my opinion there is no reason to feel bad about buying it already backed )assuming you are ordering backing strips).  like the bowyers bible says, tillering is the difference between a bow and a pretty expensive stick. ;)  bowstick is on this website but i have never asked him about his staves.  he would be worth trying as well.

a finnish native:
I'd go for 71.3 inches. I always calculate with dividing the bow's lenght with 2,3 and so I get the draw weight. so just multiply 31 by 2,3 and it's 71,3. with this lenght combo the string angle stays small enough and any bow wood can handle it if the bow maker knows what he or she is doing.

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