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JW_Halverson:
Thanks, Blackhawk. That refines a technique I have used in the past.
Atta boy, Dean-o. Take your time with this stave, we are all out here cheering for you!
soy:
Hip hip hooray!!! ;D
Looking very nice ....what a piece of heavenly goodness you have there... or not so heavenly >:D >:D >:D ;)
Dean Marlow:
blackhawk thank you for the pics. I can do that and the pics are the only way to go when you are trying to explain it. I am going to work on the handle today which I normally do when I am about finished with the bow. The reason for waiting is you may have to do a little tweeking here in there for the string and a nice fit for your hands. But in this case I will have to do some heating and the less wood there is in it the better the out come. I wanted a stiff handled bow but I would probably better off with a bendy or partial bendy handled bow. I marked the center with a 4" handle and 2" fades. I am not happy where the fades ended up as they are real close to the wild curves in this stave. One side looking at the handle looks fine but the other side really has a couple of humps where the fades would be if I went with a stiff handle. I got to ask a question here. I haven't done a hole lot of bendy handle bows. Do I still narrow the handle and taper for some kind of fade or just take the wood off of the top until it starts to bend. Here is a pic of the stave floor tillered.
PEARL DRUMS:
You are the man Dean-O. That is one of the coolest snake shapes Ive seen. It appears to be strudy to. Tillering is going to take 3 mirrors, a spotlight, an eye patch and three helpers!
Dean Marlow:
Pearl you got that right. I am a strong believer in Eric's Gizzmo but it will not work here on this thing.
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