red oak bow, draw knife fail

[mikebarg]

One of my bows developed a small crack last week so I started a new one this past Saturday. Well, I was starting to thin down the limbs with my draw knife and it caught the grain and pulled out a piece about 6 inches long . Now the tip is too thin. Not a good week for my bows.

[wizardgoat]

Never use a draw knife unless your 100% sure of which way the grain is flowing.
Even if your sure, tear outs happen pretty easy.
A rasp and scraper are much safer, better luck on the next one

[PatM]

When it starts diving in you're supposed to stop.. You can very easily underlay and thicken it again though.

[bow101]

You need a good fade transition and glue on a 1/8" tapered lam on the back about 12- 14" long

[PatM]

You need a good fade transition and glue on a 1/8" tapered lam on the back about 12- 14" long

  Belly works better I would think.

[mikebarg]

I might shorten it a bit and make a light weight kids bow from it . But, I'm going to put it aside for now and look for a new board to start again.

[bow101]

You need a good fade transition and glue on a 1/8" tapered lam on the back about 12- 14" long

  Belly works better I would think.

Good point but the back works for me,  Bubby does the back lam as well.. most pronounced R/D bows are built that way usually having 2 colored lams.

[Badger]

  Are you using bevel down on your draw knife? On oak I have had better luck using spoke shaves. They take a little practice but once you get going they are great.

[PatM]

You need a good fade transition and glue on a 1/8" tapered lam on the back about 12- 14" long

  Belly works better I would think.

Good point but the back works for me,  Bubby does the back lam as well.. most pronounced R/D bows are built that way usually having 2 colored lams.

  Are you sure you're not talking about a power lam?

[bow101]

always thought a power lam was sandwiched......................

[Jim Davis]

+2 on adding to the back. No worry there about a perfect tapered transition. Just work the area to make it flat, glue on your replacement wood, then thin it with rasp and scraper as noted above.

Jim Davis

[PatM]

always thought a power lam was sandwiched......................

   Sure but you mentioned "pronounced R/D" and I've never seen a one foot overlay on any bow tip, certainly not TWO of them.

[FilipT]

If you use draw knife for everything like I do, try to always go with the grain, never against it. But if you must go against it at some places, let it be short draws.

[mikebarg]

I need to slow down and not be so aggressive with the draw knife. I'll try to use the rasp and sander more.

[George Tsoukalas]

Yes, always with the grain even if you have to turn around. More on my site. Jawge
http://traditionalarchery101.com/