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Aaron1726:
This is awesome, thanks for sharing.  I'm excited to see how it turns out.

Muskyman:
That’s quite the knot in that stave. I seem to remember cutting the top off a stave like that and keeping the better part for a billet. Never thought of trying to make a bow with it   Watching with much interest Bob, thanks for posting this.

SLIMBOB:
Yes sir, quite the knot. When I first began this adventure, I was looking for clean, knot free staves. Now, I like the more character rich staves. To a point 🙂. Thanks Muskyman.

SLIMBOB:
  On to the next step.  I will take wood off the belly with a belt sander, until she starts to bend on the floor.  I turn the belt sander upside down and lock it into my work bench.  I can be pretty precise with what comes off, and from where.  It is starting to flex for me now and feels pretty balanced.  I will put the belt sander away for the rest of the build and transition to my drawknife.  But first, I am going to flip the tips and add a bit of backset in the handle.  I was at first going to deflex the handle and do an R/D, but my last 3 or 4 have been R/D's.  I am sold on them really, but at the very last moment, I decided to change it up a bit on this one. Shooting for around 4 inches of reflex.  Dry heat, no oil.  Bent like a champ!
I will let it cool before I remove the clamps.  I will get a long string on it in the next post.  I don't use the long string for more than just checking the symmetry between the limbs, and a general idea of what the bend looks like on each limb.  More on that in our next exciting episode.   ;)

Edit, that should read, get a short string on it in the next post.

Selfbowman:
Interesting build for sure. Looking good.

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