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Stone Age Witch Hazel (updated 1/18)
ricktrojanowski:
The stone age witch hazel is not dead. I finally am getting a chance to work on it again. I started laying out the outline on the back of the bow. I'm using a dogbane string as a measuring device.( It was supposed to be the bow string but failed miserably). Also a small piece of burnt wood as a marking tool. I'll try to get some new pics up this week of the reduction and straightening of the bow. It has quite a bend in it. I was going to try to bend it through the handle over our outdoor fireplace in order to get the tips and handle to line up.
ricktrojanowski:
I have the bow marked out for shaping the handle and limb tips. I used a really poor attempt at a dogbane string for this. I first stretched it from end to end then folded in half to get my center point. I made about a 3 1/2" handle with fades about 1 1/2" or so. I'm not using a tape measure so I don't have exact numbers. Then I started the taper of limb 2/3 of the distance from the fade to the tip. Using the string again as pictured. As you can see the stave needs some major heat bending in the handle to get the string to track over the center of the handle.
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ricktrojanowski:
more pics.
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JackCrafty:
Very cool. 8)
I'm curious about the string...was it too thin?
cowboy:
Bow building the hard way - I'm glad it's not dead :). I've been tinkering with cordage myself here lately, wondering about that string also?
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