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Dean Marlow:
The first thing I am going to do is to clean up the back by removing the sapwood. I have removed most of it early and with the good ring ratio I will use the first ring under the sapwood. I want to tell you guys out there if you ever get a hold of one like this you make sure you pull the drawknife following the grain on the back. With this snakey grain you can be working your draw knife the wrong way real easy. Look close and follow the grain.
blackhawk:
Bend her in the handle dean ;)
If she's too much for ya,send her my way along with those yew billets,and thanks for shaping the rounds for the sleeves for me already >:D
If you need to make a string tracking adjustment(hard to know for sure till u get a string on a snakey stave) id do it at the handle there and gently go with that snakey curve direction wise if ya know what I mean. It looks like the best area to make that adjustment if needed. Only minimal movement required heat bending wise in a handle area is required to get the string on that handle. But we won't know till you get a string in her...those snakes could propeller it one way or another when bent.
blackhawk:
Another idea with the string is you could make it asymmetrical(shorter lower limb) and your string will be perfect either way of center you go.
Dean Marlow:
blackhawk sounds good but it is 58" long as the crow flies. When we get the center line laid out on it I will put a string on the line on each limb and see actually how much wood there really is in each limb. That will be interesting to see. There will be a-lot of adjusting when it comes to the handle for sure. I was thinking a slightly bendy handle also. Dean
blackhawk:
Its def one of those staves you only worry about the step your on...and when its time to go to the next you stop and think of every possible route,then sleep on it and wake up the next day and make a best decision. And even then ya might have to sleep on it again another night or two before making the next move. Lol.
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