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Starting Small (finished Firewood pictures)
Pat B:
Excellent build along, Brian. :OK Years ago a friend gave me 3 osage staves that should have been firewood, with every malady you could think of for bow building wood. I spent all winter working these staves and by spring I came out with 5, shootable bows. Not the prettiest bows and some low weight but 5 shootable bows. My big take away from this experience is with patience, experimentation and a goal you can build shootable bows and learn a lot about the wood and the process.
Thanks for this build along, Brian. I'm sure it will encourage others that they can do it too.
Muskyman:
I agree with everyone else. This has been pretty cool to follow. Kinda inspiring for me really. Making me want to go out to my shop and see what I’ve got laying around out there. I know I’ve got 4 or 5 pieces of stuff out there that I can play with. Some actually should make a decent bow with some patience and a little TLC. Thanks Brian.
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: Muskyman on March 29, 2024, 11:47:51 am ---I agree with everyone else. This has been pretty cool to follow. Kinda inspiring for me really. Making me want to go out to my shop and see what I’ve got laying around out there. I know I’ve got 4 or 5 pieces of stuff out there that I can play with. Some actually should make a decent bow with some patience and a little TLC. Thanks Brian.
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Thanks Pat
Muskyman that’s exactly why I’m doing this. I want to encourage everyone to play with some wood. Experiment Have some fun
Speaking of fun back to kindling
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
I need to build up my handle on kindling.
It’s noticeably thinner than the fades. Very uneven surface. So thin I don’t want to file it flat.
I dry fit three really nice Osage shavings from my draw knife to the belly side of my splice. I probably should have done the back to.
Then I sized all the glue surfaces liberally and put them on the belly of splice again running through the handle and splice area.
Then I tightly wrap the whole sloppy mess with artificial sinew.
Hopefully when the tb2 dries the Osage shavings will stiffen my handle.
Bjrogg
bjrogg:
Then before I went home I glued on my tip overlays. I partially shape them but leave the string area high yet.
I used gorilla glue and it needs to be clamped.
I wrapped it first with artificial sinew and then used a small clamp to squeeze it tight.
These small rounded overlays can be hard to clamp. This works good
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