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is my project doomed from the start?
Aksel:
Be careful with the outer half on left limb - between the nock and the knot. Could be an illusion but it looks like its the weakest there. Reduce weight elsewhere especially on right limb.
Risk is you leave the knot too stiff and that it cases frets elsewhere when the wood tries to compensate..
go slow and enjoy!
Zugul:
I agree, it seems week there... but the line is not bending that much more then anywhere else. I'll leave that spot alone for now. I'll thin a bit where the knot is, very carefully since that could easily become a weak spot if I don't go slow enough.
Zugul:
so, I made a little bit of progress on this bow. I'm pretty sure I was drawing a bit over my target weight in the pictures above, since after at least 60 scrapes with a card scraper on the entire bow I'm still al 35# at 3"... Luckily the stave didn't take any set and didn't fret, so I'm positive about it managing to hit target weight if I do my part correctly. Now the measurements are:
max thickness: 21 mm (53/64"), middle point of the bow
min thickness: 14 mm (9/16"), 4" from each end of the bow (I've decided to leave only the last 4" of each limb stiff, to gain a little more draw lenght)
phisical weight: 526 g (18 1/2 oz.)
from what I understand at the end the max and min thicknesses should be around 3/4" (19 mm) and 1/2" (13 mm), so from now on the weight should drop pretty fast.
As always, if I say something wrong feel free to correct me, since I'm here to learn ;)
superdav95:
looking good. keep us posted.
Zugul:
making very slow progress, I'm at 35# at 4". I'd say it's bending pretty evenly, but I'll wait for advice from someone more experienced.
click on the pictures to see them on flickr if you want to zoom on them
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