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Eastern Woodlands build Part 1
superdav95:
Lookin good mike. Are you gonna just keep what little dogleg left and just attempt to align the tips with next heat treatment?
M2A:
That the plan Dave. I was a bit disappointed I did not get more of that out the first time. I could make it work as is now I think with single side nocks but not really the look i am after. After tillering yesterday, I got the stave out to 22" at 42 lbs with out any set I can see and maintained the reflex. 5 More inches to go but I will be heat treating again real soon and with the wood being thinner it should straighten up better. But will need to slow down to try and prevent as much set as I can and get the outers and handle to do a little more work, last 5 inches of tillering is usually when any set creeps in for me. No pictures, but hope to be able to do so in a day or 2 and that could show the progress better.
Mike
superdav95:
Sounds like a good plan. No set at 22” is a good sign you are in right track. I’ve never heat treated bl before. If it’s considered a dense white wood I would assume it should do quite well with it.
Zugul:
Very nice progress, I hope to learn a lot from this thread since locust and I don't seem to get along very well. Did you use some kind of oil to make the corrections to the side and front profiles or just heat? did you start applying pressure as soon as you started heating the wood or did you wait a cuple minutes?
Del the cat:
Some handsome timber you have there. Glad you are back in the saddle :)
Del
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