Session 7: The End
Finally found the nerves to continue. As said I scraped of nearly all of the fungus destroyed portions. It was impossible (at least for me) to tiller with this damaged wood. The result is now a bow with very thin limbs 6 – 8 mm. This will become only a light weight bow, but better as no bow.
I worked around the holes carefully, here are pics from belly/back
Ok, the bow was tillered to braceheight and a few inches of draw. It didn't fell good a kinda wobbly. Therefore I decided to cut off the lower tip and make the symmetrical into an asymmetrical bow. (Gianluca was right, I should have better worked with temporary tips).
So I had to do the inlay wedge once more (waiting again until the glue cures). Didn’t want to wait once more for sinew wrap curing, so I filed in some normal kerfs.
The handle is already done with a two tone leather to hide the ugly sleeves. The grip is a bit upholstered for matching better with the lines of the bow.
Usually I don’t use the tillertree often, except making drawweight measurements. But it is good to get a free hand for the camera.
Have you noticed my cradle? It is a nylon strap (from an old safety belt), this allows the bow to balance out.
On the wall is a sketch paper taped, you can see the increase of bend. This allows to control the limb working the whole length.
The uneven reflex causes a non string parallel handle, I will live with that – don't want a heat on the bow again
after a lot of scaping here and there and some sanding and some polishing and some oiling ...
This was a hard struggle from firewood to a bow!
Long lasting story, but now we are
READY!!!!I will post pics from the finished bow in an extra thread soon.
Thanks for your interest, your input, your comments.
I’m looking forward to your HLD bows!!!
