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Hickory bow build
Muskyman:
Thanks Dave, really appreciate the input from you. By the way, the hickory horn bow is truly a masterpiece.
Posting the best closeup picture I have of the knot. I’m thinking I’ll try to make it the top limb.
By ca glue I’m guessing you mean the thin/original super glue?
I’m shooting for around 50 lbs at 30 inches for draw weight
Also I had planned on heat treating this bow over a charcoal pit on a form. I’ve probably already done damage to the bow by drawing it to about 29 inches on my tillering rack.. at least I think I did, can’t remember for sure. I been fooling around with some other bows. I’m hoping fire hardening will help it some. Also hoping as I proceed most of this knot will get removed.
Thanks again for your thoughts..
Mike
Muskyman:
Close as I can get to the knot
Muskyman:
At 18 inches draw
superdav95:
Thanks muskyman! The close up helps. Don’t be discouraged by that knot. It looks little punky in the hole but don’t loose hope I guess is what I’m trying to say. Try the heat treatment and go slow then fill in with some super thin crazy glue to really saturate that spot and see where your at with the tiller. I usually don’t go to full draw before heat treatment but I have done it before on some of my earlier bows and they shot just fine. In fact you can bring some new life into tired bows if not stressed too much with some heat. I’ve made bows in the past and shot them in and then added the heat treatment later to see about 5-10 pounds draw added. Doesn’t happen this way all the time but I think you be ok here. Some guys on here use a heat gun set up to do the same thing and as they move along down the limbs belly they add a pine pitch type resin sealer and melt it right into the heated belly as they heat treat. I’ve done this with some good results too. Marc st Louise is the master at this. Look up some of his posts for a good guide on how he does it. I use the hot coals fire pit method and I can get 3-4 bows done at once. To eachs own. What poundage are you at now at 29”?
scp:
I would put it away and start with a clean stave. If you must, you can come back to it after making a dozen or so selfbows. Good luck.
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