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toomanyknots:
Cool little article. Jaro has been one of my favorite war-bowyers since he used to post on paleoplanet. He does make a good point about gluing on pieces on horn verses already made nocks on a big heavy warbow. I shape my nocks on my belt sander, and it is a pain when doing that with a big heavy 84" long bow. I like the grinding jig too. May be a simple method for reducing the belly. I use my rasp at the moment to reduce the belly, I take off a bit flat at first on each side of the belly, (to where it looks like half of a stop sign), and then I will round the corners. One thing that works with premade nocks (as was suggested to me on here and paleoplanet when I asked about it) is hot melt glue, just the cheap stuff from craft stores. It holds the horn on the stick nicely, and when you need to pop the nock off you can wrap it in leather and pop it off with some pliers.

WillS:
He was telling me the other day just how vitally important it is to keep ash dry while working it, to the point where he washes his hands constantly to remove sweat as even that can upset the wood.  He also chews on small pieces to taste how bitter they are, as the more bitter the more sap, and he knows how the raw stave should sound when you slap it with your palm to ensure it's seasoned enough to work.  It's like "Bowmaking Plus"!  He's one of those guys I just want to watch working 'cos you know it's just scratching the surface of his knowledge, that article. 

I have to agree Daniel, since my miserable encounters with the nocks for my recent attempt I'm always gonna make them off the bow from now on and only glue them in place when I'm 100% satisfied with them.  The holt-melt tip is cool, I've got some of that somewhere.

bubbles:
Is there an advantage to having the bow as he has it on the tillering tree? Most of the time I see the handle on the top and the rope pulling on the bow string. After initial tillering, Jaro flips it so the rope pulls on the handle of the bow. Thoughts?

AH:

--- Quote from: bubbles on February 25, 2014, 11:52:47 pm ---Is there an advantage to having the bow as he has it on the tillering tree? Most of the time I see the handle on the top and the rope pulling on the bow string. After initial tillering, Jaro flips it so the rope pulls on the handle of the bow. Thoughts?

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Maybe it's upside-down so that if they blow up, the pieces hit the ground and not all over the place?

adb:
I asked Pip Bickerstaffe and Steve Stretton the same thing, and their response was the same... 'cuz that's how they started.' Simple as that.

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