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Apple wood bow?
Lost Oki:
M2A, Pat B. Will have to agree with you. I split the small one today before I saw your messages. Fortunately it's a 80 inch limb and it hits 64" right at start of work table. Next two will get cut with saw. No band saw so I will have to figure that out. Thanks for the feedback.
Lost Oki:
Middle limb in picture above is 3.5" tapering to 3" at 68". Since it has a bow in the middle and I do not have band saw I used my table saw to split it. Keep in mind I am very new at this and need all the advice I can get. My thought is to one of these using a jig saw, following the grain right up the middle...Am I thinking right?
joachimM:
that's how I made plum bows from similar thickness staves: cut with table saw.
However, now you will want to peel off the bark, and maybe even rough out the bow shape, or the stave will split through the center and/or create random spiraling checks. Been there, done that.
When you've peeled off the bark (and sealed the ends really well), store it in a dry but not warm place, so it can dry slowly. Or rough out the bow shape immediately, and measure the moisture loss (mass loss) every day until it's stable (can take a month or so).
Since you don't have that much thickness left at the handle, either glue a riser (which is hard without adequate tools to flatten really well the surface), or make a shorter bow that bends a little through the handle. Apple is amazingly flexible wood.
Joachim
Lost Oki:
Bark is peeled. Found signs of bore worms in one spot, no signs on flat side (inner rings)
Is this a killer? I could cut it off at this spot but would only have 48" for bow
Pat B:
Fill the worm hole with super glue and keep on trucking. It may take a few times to fill the hole if it is deep but that shouldn't matter.
Try to reduce the belly of the limb below the pith. The pith is where checks will start if they remain in the limb.
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