Whitewood buildalong(finish pics added)

GREG IN MALAD · January 31, 2012, 08:20:00 PM

That is a cool short bow!
I never would have guessed that it would have so little set.

red hill · January 31, 2012, 10:47:00 PM

Nice lookin' bow, okie! Great job.

okie64 · February 01, 2012, 10:39:00 PM

Thanks Greg.
Thanks Stan.

Greg, I kept this stave in a closet with an rh meter and a space heater and kept the humidity at 35-40% when I wasnt working on it. I think that helped out a lot in keeping the set to a minimum.

Roy from Pa · February 01, 2012, 11:12:00 PM

Ya need my address okie?

LOL

Goose Gossett · February 01, 2012, 11:47:00 PM

okie we have to meet sometime. Being so close we need to have a bow scraping day. Great reason to tell the wife I need some draw knife therapy. Great looking bow.

okie64 · February 02, 2012, 02:35:00 PM

Thanks goose. We do need to get together sometime. It would be nice to have a bowbuilding buddy.

George Tsoukalas · February 02, 2012, 04:59:00 PM

Nice bow, Okie. You did well. Jawge

vampire · February 08, 2012, 02:14:00 PM

Do you use a bandsaw to cut your staves to workable size? I'm trying to build a hickory bow, but don't have a bandsaw.
Thanks,
George

okie64 · February 08, 2012, 02:51:00 PM

I dont have a bandsaw either George. I usually use a skilsaw to get it close to the profile and then i use a farriers rasp or beltsander to get to the final shape, depending on how snakey it is. This stave had really straight grain so I used a skilsaw and beltsander to get it down to its profile dimensions. With osage i usually just use a drawknife and hatchet to get most of the rough-out done but Ive tried that with hickory and it usually doesnt turn out too good. I get lots of tear-outs because of the interlocking grain.

okie64 · February 08, 2012, 02:53:00 PM

I dont have a bandsaw either George. I usually use a skilsaw to get it close to the profile and then i use a farriers rasp or beltsander to get to the final shape, depending on how snakey it is. This stave had really straight grain so I used a skilsaw and beltsander to get it down to its profile dimensions. With osage i usually just use a drawknife and hatchet to get most of the rough-out done but Ive tried that with hickory and it usually doesnt turn out too good. I get lots of tear-outs because of the interlocking grain.

mississippidave · February 13, 2012, 10:06:00 AM

That tree has half a dog growing out of it!! Nice bow!