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grantmac:
Alright folks I haven't done a build-along before and I have only made one other warbow before so this could be very interesting. It's not going to be a terribly heavy by warbow standards but it is something new for me. I glued it up tonight and I haven't yet taken any pictures so I'll start with the specs and the fancy stuff will come tomorrow night.
78" overall (possibly going to pike depending)
Shooting for 70#@28 and 85#@31, if those numbers sound way off please let me know.
Easter Red Cedar backed with Hardmaple. The ERC is 3/4" and the Maple 1/4".
Glued-up with just a touch of reflex using inner tubes and the local equivilent of Urac 185.
Tomorrow night will be roughing it out, taking pictures and starting to floor-tiller.
     Cheers,
            Grant

Bowbound:
I am looking forward to this. I hope it turns out good. What tiller are you going for. Compass or epileptical?

grantmac:
I'm going to try for as close to compass as possible. Update tomorrow.

grantmac:
Here is the update.
Here is the bow wrapped with innertubes. The piece of ERC had a bit of reflex so I decided to help it along by supporting it only in the middle and putting the backing down:




Here I am using some spring clamps and a bit of string to lay-out the centerline. I only mark it at important places like the tips and grip, this piece came out of the glue nice and straight so no adjustments are really needed:


Appearently most warbows have a very gentle side taper until the last 14" or so. So I'm just going to lay out the strong taper and cut that with my bandsaw, the gentle tapers will be done by eye with the surform and spokeshave as I floor tiller. I find tapers are best done with the naked-eye as opposed to just bringing it down to a line:



Tips are cut to 1/2" and will be brought down as skinny as possbile once the tillering is underway:


Well half of it is starting to look a lot like a bow:


Next installment will be floor tillering and starting with the long string.
     Cheers,
           Grant

Bowbound:
Its going great so far. Do you know if cherry will make a self bow war bow. I know it is strong in tension but weak in compression so i think if i leave it war bow length 75+" then it will be fine. What do you think?

Josh

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