Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bow101 on December 31, 2012, 10:59:03 pm
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Exactly what profile in the photo shown is good for what. So what Profile is good for what design, style or type of bow....? :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
cheers,
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(http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q678/stevebush11/rect_zps1940fbc0-1_zps9fe3c1e2.jpg)
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So slightly radiused. I noticed some builders go with #1 profile.
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For me it depends on the wood I'm using. For compression strong woods like osage, ipe, Mulberry and yew I like a radiused belly. For weaker in compression whitewoods like hickory, ash, red and white oak I like a flat belly.
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I was half joking, as I assumed you were talking about boards. I don't use boards so for me the back is dictated by the back that is given. The only thing I might do on whitewoods is trap the sides so that the back is more narrow than the belly but that is because I have not the experience with heating treating that I want.
I cut the belly as flat as I can with a large rasp and scraper then I round all 4 corners off, to some degree, to avoid stresses there. By the time I round the edges with a tool, and then sand the edges, the belly is no longer flat but has take on a slight radius.
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For me it depends on the wood I'm using. For compression strong woods like osage, ipe, Mulberry and yew I like a radiused belly. For weaker in compression whitewoods like hickory, ash, red and white oak I like a flat belly.
+1
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I was half joking, as I assumed you were talking about boards. I don't use boards so for me the back is dictated by the back that is given. The only thing I might do on whitewoods is trap the sides so that the back is more narrow than the belly but that is because I have not the experience with heating treating that I want.
I cut the belly as flat as I can with a large rasp and scraper then I round all 4 corners off, to some degree, to avoid stresses there. By the time I round the edges with a tool, and then sand the edges, the belly is no longer flat but has take on a slight radius.
>:(Oh.........hey no prob. I do not have the space for a proper shop, work out of the garage which has a car in it during the day. Having said that, no Room for Bandsaw or Table Saw. At any rate I cannot spend hours on end Shaving a Stave with a Draw knife. I HAVE CHRONIC BACK PAIN. 2 Bad Disks in Lower Spine..!! :( :( Extremely Painfull.. So at this point in time I just devote my time to board builds, some laminated.Hopefully in the future probably in the Summer I'll get my hands on a couple staves..
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I like #4