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richgibula:
As suggested, I got some more photos. I planed out the mill marks, sanded it smooth and wet it with alcohol to bring out the grain lines.
There is one of the end-on view. Its a little out of focus, but you can see grain lines. The narrow side view shows the flat looking grain and the rays which are longitudinal. The wide side shows the very narrow grain where it was cut more perpendicular to the flat grain, although the piece is obviously from a small tree, as you would expect from a desert Ironwood.
I hope this visualization helps to recommend an approach to cutting this beam for a bow.
richgibula:
Narrow side
richgibula:
Wide side:
richgibula:
My guess is that I should cut off a piece from the narrow side, which is 3 inches wide and cut that in half longitudinally for two 1.5 inch bow arms that I would join at the grip.
The next question is how long and how thick to make the arms given the hardness and rigidity of the wood. Should the bow be thinner and shorter than typical for the draw weight? If I start out too large, then I waste ironwood. If I start out too thin, you can't make it thicker.
willie:
--- Quote from: richgibula on February 07, 2023, 10:43:57 pm ---As suggested, I got some more photos. I planed out the mill marks, sanded it smooth and wet it with alcohol to bring out the grain lines.
There is one of the end-on view. Its a little out of focus, but you can see grain lines. The narrow side view shows the flat looking grain and the rays which are longitudinal. The wide side shows the very narrow grain where it was cut more perpendicular to the flat grain, although the piece is obviously from a small tree, as you would expect from a desert Ironwood.
I hope this visualization helps to recommend an approach to cutting this beam for a bow.
--- End quote ---
the end view is informative. cool looking wood btw. which side, in the end view shot, is the one facing the viewer in the pic with the white truck ?
one more pic would help.
would it be possible to trace a ring line with a contrasting marker, for the full length on the narrow right hand side (of the end view pic)? seeing how the ring lines run along the full length of the beam would help us advise better
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