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Grain orientation on stave
WillS:
Best of luck with it! It looks like a lovely stave, and at least if it doesn't quite go to plan you can stake your fame as the first bowyer ever to chase belly rings to get to the roughed out bow :P
What weight are you going for, by the way?
Ruddy Darter:
I reckon finished length will be around 74-75" and I reckon 120@31" would suit it, and I'll be happy with 110-120@31, anything above 100 and I'll be happy.
Yeah, if I'd of been more successful finding the centre I wouldn't be taking such a large ring out, just cleaning up where I mistakenly chased down the right hand side(now removed), now I can make sense of it. If the back had been flatter and not as round as it is I would of been more orientated and I doubt I would of felt the need.
(*not the first, I believe Otzi did this and then used the sapwood side for the belly ;D) I'm only interested in making bows for myself really, so I'm not hindered if I appear foolish...not aiming to though. :D
R.D.
WillS:
Not appearing foolish at all. It's probably a far, far safer way of doing it. Might just take you longer!
74" going to 31" is a really nice combo. I make mine 73.5" going to 30.5" when the stave allows it. As before, it's a great looking stave so you should be fine ;D
Ruddy Darter:
Nice one WillS, I am enjoying it..and 30&1/2" draw sounds cool too, if I need to shorten for whatever reason that's a draw length I like, great for target 🎯. Now I've made head and tail of this stave I think I've got the bow building bug, seems to be all I'm thinking about. ;D
Got to sharpen all my tools before I start up again, they were a little blunt when I started up, should be more fun when they're shipshape. I've got a nice couple of little drawknives that I'm looking forward to using.
R.D.
Ruddy Darter:
Oh, just to add... I will be doing this again on an ash stave, I'm going to aim for a concave on the belly side... I reckon that will work well with toasting.
A bit like this...
R.D.
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