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10 years later... my Osage is ready.
lenador:
(scratches chin for hours)
Well I just dig in and it's really thin in those spots once I tried to square the sides of until I had. Enough thickness. At 66" tmand a 18" taper from 3/8 to 1.5 it's not going to work. I don't think going down to a 1.25 width is going to make enough difference to matter either. I think my options are either go bendy handle and taper from tip to center and see if that fits or I can go to a 56" bow.
One thing I'm not understanding why this one spot won't peel off clean. It's has about of a tightly woven divers there and that's what sort of screwed this one side.
lenador:
Further thoughts from the work day. I can either make a shorter bow for my daughter... she doesn't shoot but maybe this would get her interested. The other option is really pushing it as a narrow bow and see what happens.
PEARL DRUMS:
Make it as narrow as needed to make your 66" bow. The thickness will make up for that. Osage is VERY forgiving compared to any other wood in terms of width/depth ratio.
lenador:
--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on September 14, 2023, 03:13:17 pm ---Make it as narrow as needed to make your 66" bow. The thickness will make up for that. Osage is VERY forgiving compared to any other wood in terms of width/depth ratio.
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Well that makes me feel better about it. That's sort of why I started this project because I knew it wasn't going to be cut and dry and there would be some decisions made about design. Sort of an exercise.
Muskyman:
Looking good to me so far. Hope your stave works out for you. I saw Clay Hayes using a template like the one in your picture. Did you make it or can you buy something like that?
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