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osage board bows: 2 at once

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El Destructo:
Radius....how are you getting your Pictures on here??? What site are you using...I like that you can add topics to your Pictures....I am using Photobucket...and I don't think I can do this...or at least I am not smart enough to do it!!!

radius:
yank:

I use photobucket.  All I do is click on the image (it says "copied") then i open this window. I type, "Here is a picture blah blah blah," then hit enter twice, press control-V, and then hit enter twice again. 

Pat B:  Thanks for the advice.  Are you saying I shouldn't just laminate the two pieces and then cut out the shape?  That was my plan.  No good?

Pat B:
You will want to trace the outline of the bow on the belly side of the boo first. Then cut it out to match the shape of the bow and reduce the thickness to the ultimate thickness(approx 1/8" at the crown). Ideally you want a knife edge along both sides of the boo after glue up. This will be reduced somewhat as you smooth out and round over the bows edges before finishing. If you reduce it first then cut it out the tips of the boo will be way too thick. That is not bad for the performance of the bow because the boo is physically lighter than the belly wood but it looks better when you thin it after cutting it out.
   Also, by adding some Perry reflex at glue up time will give you a better shooting bow with little if any set beyond horizontal and probably an inch of reflex after unbracing. I like to add about 3" of Perry reflex. I do this by clamping the glued back and belly to a table at the handle area and raise the tips, backing and belly, on to blocks(I use a piece of 2x4) before clamping the rest of the limbs. Also if you pre-tiller the belly wood first so it has an even bend when floor tillered you will get a nice even curve in your added reflex. Otherwise most of the reflex will be in the handle area with straight limbs.   Pat

radius:
ok, that makes sense...thanks!

i'm getting the impression you've done this before...;D

so, i put the bamboo, as you last saw it, by the baseboard...i'll leave it there today...when i get back from town i'll probably be unable to stop myself from scraping away at the belly wood of these osage staves.  Not sure how much time i'll have during the coming week...first week of the month is always busy for me...but when i do get back to it, ill take your advice, trace out the shape of the bows, cut them, and then thin them again.  You know, they are pretty thin already!!!!  but you say an 1/8 th at the crown is what i'm looking for...then, alright, i'll look for that!

Pat B:
I have made a few but to me they are more work then they are worth. I prefer a good self bow myself or hickory backings; which is as simple as it gets. ;)     Pat

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