Ok so i thought i might take out some of my bamboo failures on these australian hardwood floorboards. Here is what i started with.
The small one is the one i started on, will probably fail because its so short. 50".
After i went to town on it with my new hatchet, thanks to glenn who gave me the idea of making a bow from just some random tools.
Looking down the stave.
Now i am going to rasp the stave into a sort of bow like shape, probably go for a flat bow. Nice and light. Post some more pics in 10-20 minutes.
floor board bow
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floor board bow
Cheers, Toby
Re: floor board bow
i think that may be 2 narrow i persoanly would go for about 2" wide untill 2/3 up the limb then taper to 1/2" nocks still would prolly be to short though..... should be fine for say 23-25" draw, but it may work if the limbs cross section is perfectly rectangular
Im gonna make it bend and break-Fall Out Boy
Re: floor board bow
Woops,i made it too narrow roughed it out and here are the dimensions.
Its 40mm wide Tapered to 20mm at the tips. 20 mm thick aswell.
Its 40mm wide Tapered to 20mm at the tips. 20 mm thick aswell.
Cheers, Toby
Re: floor board bow
Im going to wait until i have my bandsaw in possession. New post coming up.
Cheers, Toby