Hey everyone just wanted to share my latest bow. A pacific yew recurve bow with deer leather handle, beaver tail strike plate, goat horn tip overlays and deer rawhide backing. The bow is 68" long and pulls 58lb @ 28" of draw. Cheers everyone.

Made a knock down bench out of Tamarack. Nice to be able to work outside on the two nice days a year we get.

Update on my juniper flatbow, its 32lb at 26in which is right around what I was aiming for. Problem occurred when I gave it to my gf to draw, and she wants it to be about 23-25lb at 26in. Good news in that is I can fix any tillering mistakes I've made :)

How would you all recommend taking it down that much in weight, and what should I be trying to correct? I think its pretty overbuilt being 2in wide from the fades up about 2/3 of the limb. Should I mess with the width at all or just continue tillering from the belly? Its taken 0.5in of set 5min after unstringing and still has 1.25in of reflex from the tips.

65" ntn, pulling 42#@23". Goal is 40-45@27". Would really like some fresh eyes before switching to short string. Tiller looks pretty good to my eye, maybe some stiffness in the midlimb on the right around the knot.

Greetings Reddit Bowyers! First bow and post here! So planning to extract a bow from this split Ash stave. The plan is faintly laid out in 3 lines (sides & centre) pencil on the back. As can be seen there is a substantial knot on the top left side…should i move the plan to the right?/ cut vertically straight down ?, something else? or abandon all hope?

Any advice greatly appreciated…

Thanks all

Encino blanco (white mexican oak) warbow in progress; I’ve just marked out the design on the stave. The goal is at least 100 pounds.

Hola, casi terminé este Flat Bow en Osage Orange y veo que tienen unas líneas que no me gustan y quiero que ustedes que tienen más experiencia me digan si se va a partir o no.

El tronco de Osage prometía pero cuando le saque la corteza tenía muchos nudos. Lo dividí en 4 suelas y solo una tenía mejor apariencia. En esta duela los nudos quedaron en una sola pala (la inferior) y como los anillos eran muy delgados solo quite la albura porque tenía miedo de no poder identificar un único anillo.

Cuando ya casi esta listo el arco me dispuse a quitar los restos de albura y luego de lijar con #150 aparecieron esas líneas cercanas a los nudos.

No creo que haya solución alguna, pero quiero saber si lo descartó por completo o lo termino. Solo me faltaba pegar los tips y hacer la ventana.

El arco tiene 71" de largo y 35 lb a 28" (40 lb a 30" qué es mi apertura).

Gracias y saludos cordiales!

Raúl

Is it still faisable with those nodes on critical part ? Help guys :(

Hello I started tillering this 160cm (63") ash bow. I chased a ring because i violated the first ring when taking the bark off, as it was very hard to take off. I only have experience with board bows so I have never dealt with natural kinks in the wood.

How do you see the long string tiller? Im shooting for a low poundage bow, but I dont have any way to measure it exactly. And do you think it would be better to steam bend it all flat and lock it with a heat gun?

Edit: video in the comments

I’ve had some little tiny knots come up in the sapwood, I was hoping they’d scrape out but they got bigger lol. It’s 13 inches to one end (of a 77inch stave), so I guess I could cut it short?

Can you ‘mound’ around knots or larger pins on the back of the bow, or is there any other solutions, or no solution?

Thanks!

I have a very nice pc of vertical grain black locust. Can it be used with the grain running vertical to the limbs?