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adb:
Hi, Everybody,
It's Saturday morning. Shop time. My time. Time to make some sawdust!! Coffee is in, and I'm ready!!
First, we're going to cut out the profile which was drawn on the belly. I usually draw on the back, but I didn't have a lot of extra room on this one, and because the backing strip was just slightly wider than the belly wood, I didn't want to get off the board. Doesn't really matter.
This isn't rocket science. Cut just outside your line, following your profile.
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adb:
Keep going, all the way around. Go slow. Make your cuts straight. No sense rushing. When cutting with the bandsaw, I wear ear muffs and safety glasses. Safety first. I'm half deaf already from shooting most of my life. Upland bird hunting is another of my passions.
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adb:
After finishing cutting the outside profile, I'm going to remove some wood from the belly side of the 16" inner working limb portion. I draw a line 3/8" from the belly side, tapering it through the 2" profile tapers. You could do this by hand, but removing some belly wood just saves time. The total thickness of the two boards is 1", so I'm leaving 5/8" to tiller. Don't take off too much belly wood with the bandsaw!! Remember, wood which is twice as wide is 2X as strong, but wood which is twice as thick, is 8X as strong. In other words, you don't have to remove much belly wood, to change the wood's ability to bend. Leave yourself some material to work with. Before cutting these side profiles, this stave bends about as much as a cast iron frying pan.
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adb:
I turned the stave on edge, and remove the 3/8" of belly wood. Keep the board flat, otherwise your side profile cut will wander, and you may end up removing too much wood.
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adb:
Do the same thing on the other limb.
The next side profile I'm going to cut, is in the outer non-bending limb portions. From the pin nock, I measure from the back 1/2", and draw the line to the distal taper. Do the same for the other outer limb, and cut them out, keeping the board square on edge, so your cut doesn't wander, and end up crooked.
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