Whitewood buildalong(finish pics added)

[GREG IN MALAD]

That is a cool short bow!
I never would have guessed that it would have so little set.

[red hill]

Nice lookin' bow, okie! Great job.

[okie64]

Thanks Greg.
Thanks Stan.

Greg, I kept this stave in a closet with an rh meter and a space heater and kept the humidity at 35-40% when I wasnt working on it. I think that helped out a lot in keeping the set to a minimum.

[Roy from Pa]

Ya need my address okie?  LOL

[Goose Gossett]

okie we have to meet sometime.  Being so close we need to have a bow scraping day.  Great reason to tell the wife I need some draw knife therapy.  Great looking bow.

[okie64]

Thanks goose. We do need to get together sometime. It would be nice to have a bowbuilding buddy.

[George Tsoukalas]

Nice bow, Okie. You did well. Jawge

[vampire]

Do you use a bandsaw to cut your staves to workable size? I'm trying to build a hickory bow, but don't have a bandsaw.
Thanks,
George

[okie64]

I dont have a bandsaw either George. I usually use a skilsaw to get it close to the profile and then i use a farriers rasp or beltsander to get to the final shape, depending on how snakey it is. This stave had really straight grain so I used a skilsaw and beltsander to get it down to its profile dimensions. With osage i usually just use a drawknife and hatchet to get most of the rough-out done but Ive tried that with hickory and it usually doesnt turn out too good. I get lots of tear-outs because of the interlocking grain.

[okie64]

I dont have a bandsaw either George. I usually use a skilsaw to get it close to the profile and then i use a farriers rasp or beltsander to get to the final shape, depending on how snakey it is. This stave had really straight grain so I used a skilsaw and beltsander to get it down to its profile dimensions. With osage i usually just use a drawknife and hatchet to get most of the rough-out done but Ive tried that with hickory and it usually doesnt turn out too good. I get lots of tear-outs because of the interlocking grain.

[mississippidave]

That tree has half a dog growing out of it!!  Nice bow!