had to beat her into submission

[Echatham]

mail lady brought this stave on monday.  had some propellor twist and some humpty humps to contend with.  gonna have to let her sit for a while now and let her think about what she did... cause she's way to dry to try and bend her yet.













you can see i haven't gotten all of the twist out yet, gonna need another session.  how we looking?

[John Scifres]

Sweet

[Bowjunkie]

Yeah, that looks pretty nice there.

[Echatham]

Thanks guys. this is my second stave, and a whole nother animal than the first.  chasing the ring was a breeze on this one with its nice even crown, but its taken alot more work to straighten.  my first stave had a concave back ring and a dozen pin knots. took me a week to do the back on that one, and half an hour to straighten.

[Echatham]

if my handle looks off center in the form, it is. it seemed the right thing to do, since im making the top limb 2" longer than the bottom

[mmgrode]

cool! Nice growth rings on that one. Looks like you're whipping her into shape!  Looking forward to seeing how it ends up!

Cheers, Matt

[LittleBen]

2" longer seems like quite a bit. Never tried that much assymetry. interested to see how it comes out.

[Bowjunkie]

How long is this stave?

[PEARL DRUMS]

Gotta just love that dry heat on osage! Its like glue.

[Echatham]

its 67" tip to tip. going for 66" ntn for a 29" draw.  ive never tried different length limbs at all. roughly following Mr. Torges on this one.

[Roy from Pa]

Very nice...

[Echatham]

Thanks Roy!  i do believe she knows who is boss now.

[Echatham]

unrelated, I know... but i was already here... so... check out my draw knife upgrade!  


 

[rainman]

Don't get to cocky thinken she knows who the boss is.  Famous quote" The man is the head of the house, but the woman is the neck and she turns the head whichever way she wants."

[Echatham]

good point rainman

[Zradix]

bet she's going to be nice.