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72" elm warbow 110# @30"

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FilipT:
Yeah, I would personally also leave it alone if I would have wood of this shape. These bows kind look kind of wild and cool but I haven't seen much wood around that would be suitable for making this kind of bows. Either they are enough straight (or need just a bit of steaming) or they are completely unusable haha!

JNystrom:
First of all i don't want to be rude, i want to make this more clear :D, so... it isn't really easy to make this kind of spot into a hinge. It's just like any other piece of that bow!!
I think DC means, the problem is opposite: people don't work these areas enough. For many years we have worked bows to look like a circle and now we need to make a totally different shape than we are used to. Sure its hard, but you just got to try if you want to succeed, otherwise you have a lumpy bad bow with thick spots. Taking pictures and comparing them to relaxed shape helps alot.
You should definitely go and try this kind of staves if you happen to have a chance, its quite nice and exciting - compared to easy, almost board like straight staves.
You just need to remember, make the whole bow bend! Thats easy!!  :OK

meanewood:
Here is a classic example of a well tiller ed bow that does not please the eye, if your eye is biased to seeing an even 'looking' bend.

The question to ask is why do you tiller a bow?

Answer: To ensure the whole of the bow is bending evenly, thereby sharing the stress and lessening the chance of failure at an over
stressed area!

So, when tillering you need to take into account the re-flexed and de-flexed areas of the bow in your assessment of how the bow is bending.

If you tiller a bow that has de-flexed and or re-flexed areas and you tiller with the aim of creating an 'even' bend, then you are not
spreading the strain evenly!

PS Nice bow, love the bend!

FilipT:

--- Quote from: JNystrom on September 08, 2018, 04:01:11 pm ---You should definitely go and try this kind of staves if you happen to have a chance, its quite nice and exciting - compared to easy, almost board like straight staves.
You just need to remember, make the whole bow bend! Thats easy!!  :OK
--- End quote ---

I will definitely try to make this kind of bow, but first I must find suitable wood. Like I said, wood around here is either good enough with no kinks or completely unusable for bows.

JNystrom:
Thanks meanwood!

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