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Red oak board bow (UPDATED)

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SLIMBOB:
Nice job. Round the corners before you get this far down the road on one, but overall, this looks good.

Kidder:
Nice job! To follow up on Superdavs comment - draw your fades with some sort of curved form - like a cut off blade or coffee can, and cut to shape. Solid looking build for number 3.

JW_Halverson:
Sweet bends on those limbs. Ought to work just fine!

mmattockx:

--- Quote from: superdav95 on December 22, 2023, 12:26:35 am ---The fades area where you have your slope taper seems a bit angular.  I would round that a bit before you go too much further.
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--- Quote from: Kidder on December 23, 2023, 03:09:39 am ---draw your fades with some sort of curved form - like a cut off blade or coffee can, and cut to shape.
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OP, this is more what you want for your fades. Instead of a straight angle you want it to gently transition to nothing on the limb, with no sharp corner or abrupt change.




I agree with the others, the tiller looks very nice. I don't go as far as most rounding the corners on the back at less than a 1/8" radius, but the sharper the corner the higher the risk that it will lift a splinter.


Mark

superdav95:
They say a picture says a thousand words.  This is what I was trying to explain in my reply to op post.  This picture says it better. 

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