D/R osage stave build-a-long

[steve b.]

osage outlaw, where is that bubble located?  Is it near perfect midstave?  All of your pics make it hard to tell?

[osage outlaw]

Yes, it is dead center of the stave.  I'll try to get a side view tomorrow. 

[seabass]

Clint,it's funny.i have never hit my head on that beam.i should stand there and hand out bandaides.

[osage outlaw]

Me neither Steve.  I wonder why 

[blackhawk]

Me and that beam have had a lot of "chosen" words that wouldn't make my mother proud 

Clint ill try to snap n post a pic of my form tonight if I can..I don't have a pic of it in anywhere in my photobucket gallery, or in my documents on my PC.

[blackhawk]

alright pal ya owe me for ruining my own follow along,and making me expose my bowmaking secrets     

heres my half caul...its 32" long I believe and will induce a ton of reflex..if you put a straight 68"+ stave over it and do each limb you can get about 8" of setback with it...it works great tho for r/d bows where the deflexed handle area just doesn't like to fit on a form,and I make all my r/d bows over this form. the backstop can be taken off by taking the bolts out. at each end is a notch cut paralleling the arc of the form for good clamping,and underneath it mostly parallels the arc as well for ease of clamping.

here is the front view of it with nothing on it



heres a more angled view for a better 3d perspective





and heres my big kinky stave in a mock set up over the form...I had to shim an area....but you should know all about shimming to correct on a form(and I wont be doing mine this exact way over the form....I just threw it on there quick to give ya an idea of what a bow looks like on it..not a very good representation cause of the funky stave)anyways...I think ya should get the jist of it

[Keenan]

 Looking great Clint. Like seeing the "Outside the box" Character stuff being worked

[osage outlaw]

Thanks Keenan.  When are you going to post some character osage pics?   

Thanks Blackhawk.  That is about the shape that I had in mind.  I think I might be able to use something I already have.


I spent about 3 hours chasing a ring on it today.  It had a little more character than I first thought.  I had to work around several pin knots and a lot of dips, bumps, and some concave spots.

[Badly Bent]

Interesting build, I'm learning some things here. Looking good so far Outlaw, hoping it works for ya.
Greg

[osage outlaw]

I'm slowly chipping away that this bow.  I cut the limbs to a rough thickness today, smoothed out the profile, and got one limb thinned, shaped, and almost to a floor tiller.





It has some nice lines already. 

[PEARL DRUMS]

Your getting fast at this stuff Clintser, looks good so far man.

[seabass]

lookng great Clint.

[steve b.]

Yea, nice.  Can't wait to see it.

[Carson (CMB)]

I am really liking this bow build Clint. 

[osage outlaw]

Got a little more done today, but not much.  I thinned out the other limb.  They are just starting to flex a little when I push on the floor with it.  One limb is a little stronger than the other but I'll even them out when I start to floor tiller it.  It's starting to look like a bow.



Since Blackhawk didn't offer to ship me his super secret reflex caul I guess I'll have to build my own    I borrowed the wifes rocking chair off the front porch and used it for the arc.



I got it all smoothed out and now that I'm looking at it, it might be a little to much arc.  I am stuck with it for now.  My bandsaw broke    I was trying to relieve the blade tension and it started getting really hard to turn.  The nut was siezing up on the bolt.  Then the nut started spinning in the housing.  I had to use a screwdriver and a wrench to get it apart.  It damaged the threads on the bolt.  Now I have to figure out somehow to cheaply fix it.  I'm glad I have a few bows already roughed out.

So what do you think, to much bend?