As I have recently acquired a large quantity of ash, I thought I'd have a go at making bows (as you do).
Not having a drawknife, and being a devout cheapskate, I made a drawknife from an old file and set to with wedges, carving axe , drawknife and spokeshave.
From this:
Via this:
and this:
To this:
It's come out at about 50lb @ 30" - not as much as I'd hoped, but respectable for a first try. It is now sitting in clamps to finish drying prior to heat treatment, while I start on No2
My daughter has claimed this one already - I'm aiming for something in the 60-70lb @ 30" for myself, so the next one will be a bit shorter and a bit wider. I'm getting slicker at making strings as well, having made 3 in the space of a week (the last bowstrings I made were some 30 years ago )
Thanks for looking
Not having a drawknife, and being a devout cheapskate, I made a drawknife from an old file and set to with wedges, carving axe , drawknife and spokeshave.
From this:
Via this:
and this:
To this:
It's come out at about 50lb @ 30" - not as much as I'd hoped, but respectable for a first try. It is now sitting in clamps to finish drying prior to heat treatment, while I start on No2
My daughter has claimed this one already - I'm aiming for something in the 60-70lb @ 30" for myself, so the next one will be a bit shorter and a bit wider. I'm getting slicker at making strings as well, having made 3 in the space of a week (the last bowstrings I made were some 30 years ago )
Thanks for looking