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wooddamon1:
Thanks BJ. No plans to recurve this one, but good info. As for now it's in blank form untill I can get back to it. Can I rasp the sides to shape or should I follow the grain with my drawknife?
bjrogg:
I believe it has an interlocking grain. I do try to follow it around knots, but if you have a nice clean fairly straight stave you can rasp it out to shape you desire.
A rasp is usually the preferred tool. Draw knife tends to gauge out spots. I find a good rasp and cabinet scraper my most used tools for HHB
Bjrogg
Jim Davis:
As with any wood, there is a combination of width, length and thickness that works without set or chrysals. For the same draw length and weight, hornbeam needs to be wider and thinner than Osage. About like the dimensions for hickory.
wooddamon1:
Thanks BJ and Jim. I'll leave it a little wider than my Osage bows and rasp the sides down to dimensions. Only one knot to go around on this piece so no problem there.
I'm thinking full width to about 12" then taper down to 3/8" tips. It's 68" long with a 8" stiff handle section. How's that sound?
wooddamon1:
Oh, and the limbs are 2" wide, but I'd like to be a little less than that, say 1.75" max. Just like narrower bows looks-wise ;)
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