Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: hunter255 on July 04, 2012, 11:09:53 am

Title: New to Selfbow Building
Post by: hunter255 on July 04, 2012, 11:09:53 am

This is my first attempt building a selfbow. I have built bamboo backed, Board bows, Laminated bows but the selfbow is by far the most challenging to build. Here are a couple of photo's of the stave and rings. Please let me know which ring i should chase. I appreciate the help.   Thank you Steve

(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4/hunter255/2012-07-04_09-17-48_89.jpg)


(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4/hunter255/2012-07-04_09-19-58_443.jpg)

Title: Re: New to Selfbow Building
Post by: osage outlaw on July 04, 2012, 11:29:54 am

All of those rings look good to me.  That looks like a fine piece of osage.  Good luck with it.

Title: Re: New to Selfbow Building
Post by: beetlebailey1977 on July 04, 2012, 11:33:06 am

Pick one and go for it.....they look good.  Just be very careful around knots.  Use a scraper there.  You will get they hang of it with the drawknife.  Take your time and don't be in a rush.

Title: Re: New to Selfbow Building
Post by: SLIMBOB on July 04, 2012, 11:45:55 am

Yep.  They are all pretty similar looking.  Scrape away the top ring from end to end for practice.  Then the next one the same, and so on.  Stop at the point where you have one continuous ring, unviolated end to end.  Looks like a really good stave!

Title: Re: New to Selfbow Building
Post by: mikekeswick on July 04, 2012, 07:30:17 pm

The same rules apply - even thickness and width tapers :) Easy.........

Title: Re: New to Selfbow Building
Post by: Pat B on July 04, 2012, 09:01:09 pm

I'd go to the first clean ring you can get to.

Title: Re: New to Selfbow Building
Post by: soy on July 05, 2012, 01:35:44 am

Nice piece! Take your pic start toward the top so if a woops occurs you can move down to the next...man have fun and keep is posted  ;)

Title: Re: New to Selfbow Building
Post by: George Tsoukalas on July 05, 2012, 09:43:41 am

There's info on my site. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/

Title: Re: New to Selfbow Building
Post by: Fred Arnold on July 05, 2012, 04:12:48 pm

That is a nice consistent stave from the looks of the end shown. I agree with everyone else that you could take your pick but if the stave is deep enough I'd shoot for what looks like the 5th late wood ring, the one just under the marks that look like dots in the pic. That choice might change depending on what the view from the sides and the other end look like.

Title: Re: New to Selfbow Building
Post by: hunter255 on July 06, 2012, 08:53:58 am

Thanks Everybody. I stripped the bark off. Now go down a ring for practice.