The osage stave I let cure for about 10 months and then started working it, This was the first stave ive tried and the reason I backed it with sinew was becuz I noticed a few checks in the back of the bow. Im not happy with the sinew job could of been alot better but a real good shooter. also theres the first board bow I built, its red oak backed with hickory, its also a good shooter. hope you like the vid
http://youtu.be/c25UI0lhKZ4
Nice job
Thanks
Wwlcome to the addiction. Congrats on your first bows too.
Your first one is quieter than the osage.
yeah shes still in the works, im gonna lighten her up just a tad and then make a new string with fox tail silencers and then see what happens. yeah I love this addiction and also love archery, the board bow is alot lighter then the osage as far as poundage. dont know if that has any affect on it or not.
YIKES! You violated the back cutting your pin nocks, not a good idea, just like violating a ring on the back but worse because of the small area.
Wear your hard hat and safety glasses when you shoot you shoot this bow.
dont get what your saying, ?? should I wrap sinew around the tip area to reinforce? let me know Im learning
Eric is right, not a good situation on those pin nocks. You shouldn't have cut into your back ring. Wrapping with sinew will help, but a tip overlay would be better. Maybe someone with an angled overlay can post you a pic to give you an idea of what's needed. Keep learning.......Art
Start down the limb from your cut where the back is still at one ring. Make a flat gluing surface at the tips angling toward the belly. Glue on a square piece of wood and shape it into an overlay. Tie the groove across the back into your existing side grooves. Gel super glue works well for tip overlays.
With regular nocks it will look like this. Pin nocks will be a bit different but the idea is to reinforce the bows back where the grain was violated.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/bow%20making/killer6burloverlay.jpg)
gotcha, thanks for the response