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Hazel dimensions
Lucasade:
Shave horse is on my to do list, when I can scavenge the bits together.
WillS:
This might be a stupid question....
Are you going to turn it over later? As in, have you marked out the belly of the bow so you can follow the pith when shaping, or are you intending on that pith line being the back of the bow?
I've never seen anybody rough a bow out from the belly side, that's all!
Del the cat:
Its easier to draw on a clean white sawn surface than on shiny Hazel bark...
WillS:
Surely the best option is to strip the bark, and lay out the profile on what will be the back?
You can get all sorts of pins and stuff on the back that you can't see from the belly, which often need a rejiggle of the profile to avoid or centre them. Last thing you want with white woods is to cut out the final width profile, flip it over and find a load of dodgy pins on the edge of the bow.
I am speaking from the perspective of ash and holly having never worked with hazel, but I assume it's similar?
Del the cat:
Best thing you can do with the back is leave it alone... the bark will pop off in it's own good time.
The knots in Hazel are few and fine.
IF you have a big knot, you just go and cut another bit as it's so plentiful... use the first bit for something smaller or experimental or firewood.
Del
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