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Grain orientation on stave

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Ruddy Darter:
Chased the centre length of bow, I didn't need to take as much out once past the centre, here's a couple of pics with the centre line drawn on, a view from both ends, second pic I highlighted some of the end grain to show how it is( actual rings are a lot tighter).
  :NN Not sure how I'll orientate the profile on this end, any suggestions appreciated  :NN
I don't want to take it too out of line with the snake in the stave, I'll thin this limb and feather it to the centre before I reduce the sides, might get a better idea, may chase the ring again.  :D
Thinking of making this a "my first self yew warbow build along", not sure if I need to move the post.

 R.D.

WillS:
I'd be very hesitant to try that with ash.  Ash works well with a rounded-ish belly for low weight, and a dead flat belly for heavier bows.  It's a fickle wood to get used to, and if you've not made heavy ash bows before playing around with new ideas may not go so well :P

I've just finished a 150lb ash bow, and it's basically a rectangular cross section with all four corners taken off the same amount.  What you're doing by making the belly concave is producing two highly rounded bellies running alongside each other.  Both will most likely chrysal or fail under any real weight. 

Keep it simple, and reinvent the wheel once you've made a few!

Ruddy Darter:
Well got two to play with, I'll see how it goes,  :D thanks WillS, I got a few months before I can even look at them and that's somewhat of an exaggerated drawing to explain.

Here's a pic where I thought I'd position the bow tip, open to opinion?( Or a little more to the left and have more slope off to one side on the sapwood, it's more even rounded a few inches up from this).
(or the red, although it's twisting opposite to the other end, if that's of any consequence).
Thanks again for any advice,
 R.D.

Del the cat:
IMO that is straight enough to just run a tight string down the middle to find your best centreline and use a straight edge to mark out from there.
Del

Ruddy Darter:
OK Del, then the black marked profile works better and I'll work it straight from that, it pretty much follows straight where I've taken the sides down at the middle, thanks for that,  I'll get back on with it.  :BB
 (I may follow the shape a bit though, just to get a bit of character to the bow  (-S)
 R.D.

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