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10 years later... my Osage is ready.
superdav95:
That will work.
Eric Krewson:
Because every bow I made with a side checked stave failed, I toss every such stave in the future tool handle pile or burn it outright. I hope you have better luck with your stave than I had with a bunch of mine.
lenador:
--- Quote from: Eric Krewson on October 12, 2023, 09:52:30 am ---Because every bow I made with a side checked stave failed, I toss every such stave in the future tool handle pile or burn it outright. I hope you have better luck with your stave than I had with a bunch of mine.
--- End quote ---
As far as I'm concerned it's already been successful. This little project forced me to finally acquireich needed tools for proper bow building such as building my work area and tillering rack, it forced me to finally take my shooting more seriously and learn how to tune an arrow. I've this thing pops on the first pull I have the confidence and tools to make something nice out of the pile of staves next to it. 👍
PEARL DRUMS:
Good attitude. Junk staves will teach you 10x more than good ones. But, learning how to drive in the winter on bald tires can be tricky :)
lenador:
Slowly but surely tillering. I'm to the point I need to put nocks in and get a string on it. It at about 38 lbs in this picture. So I'm confident I have room to bring it down to 45-50 at my 28" draw length.
I am worried about the checks in the tip. The one seems to have opened up during the tillering because the glue wasn't able to oentrate deep enough. I'm going to try to get the bow tillered to a lowe weight and get nocks done and see what the crack looks like after that and try to clge them and not touch them.
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