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10 years later... my Osage is ready.
Muskyman:
Looks kinda bad to me but, I’m a novice so you can’t go by me.
I know I’ve seen plenty of posts on here about the checks in the middle of the limb and they fill those with the thin ca glue/ superglue.. can’t say about the one on the edge of the limb.
I always get scared using my draw knife when taking a limb down to width and file everything. Probably way more than I need to but I get nervous once I get to about a 1/4 inch of it. Not to say that’s what happened on yours. Hope it works out for you.. good luck with it.
lenador:
--- Quote from: Muskyman on September 18, 2023, 01:41:49 pm ---Looks kinda bad to me but, I’m a novice so you can’t go by me.
I know I’ve seen plenty of posts on here about the checks in the middle of the limb and they fill those with the thin ca glue/ superglue.. can’t say about the one on the edge of the limb.
I always get scared using my draw knife when taking a limb down to width and file everything. Probably way more than I need to but I get nervous once I get to about a 1/4 inch of it. Not to say that’s what happened on yours. Hope it works out for you.. good luck with it.
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Yeah I do the same thing. My draw knife is pretty cheap and it's sort of hard to control. I bought a carrier rasp to finish the little bit down to the line. Yeah I agree it looks bad but I'd say I'm close enough now it's worth making something out of it. I started this out to be a practice stave to get me back into the feel before starting on one of my good staves. If I learn a few lessons from it I'll call it a win. The next one will be from a nice full hunk with plenty of meat. I also have another small one like this and a short small one too.
Muskyman:
My draw knife could be better too. I’d like to find a nice Greenlee or one of the nice older ones. I’m slowly getting better and more tools for working on bows with. I like my Shinto rasp, and I have a couple ferriers rasps that are okay. Now if I can just learn how to use them :BB
Pat B:
The checks on the belly are no problem at all. I'd fill them with super glue and keep on. You may need to fill the checks in a few sessions.
lenador:
--- Quote from: Pat B on September 18, 2023, 06:22:43 pm ---The checks on the belly are no problem at all. I'd fill them with super glue and keep on. You may need to fill the checks in a few sessions.
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Does that mean a little at a time to give it chance to cure furhter in?
What's your thoughts on the side?
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