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Chasing a ring
Muskyman:
Do you use a rasp as well while chasing a ring Eric
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Eric Krewson:
No rasping, the picture is one I made years ago and kept on file for the ever-present question that the newbie people ask, "what tools do I need to make a bow".
Muskyman:
Okay thanks, I had never seen anyone in the videos I’ve watched
Muskyman:
Well this last attempt I made it over half way maybe 5/8 to 3/4 of the way down the stave before I actually violated the ring I was chasing.. the rings on this piece are paper thin so I’m not going to beat myself up to bad.
Eric, I can see 8 hours happening on this piece of wood. And I doubt I can make a bow out of it. Now that I’ve screwed up I’m going to start over.
And I had already read your tutorial Jawge good info on there.
bjrogg:
Any time you spend on practice piece is time we’ll spent. Much better than ruining your good stave. And you can even practice tilling on scrape pieces to.
I do like Eric. I Toto the crunchy early wood. I can usually feel it and hear it with my draw knife. I leave most of the early wood and then switch to scrapers. I always clean up the early wood with scraper to be able to see where I’m at. It can be really easy to get lost and on the wrong ring if you don’t keep cleaning it up as you go. The early wood will scrape off easily but the late wood will take more abuse with scraper and not be violated as easily as it would with draw knife.
Go lighting is a most for my old eyes.
Bjrogg
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