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Saturday, January 24, 2004

I took both billets down to a single ring. One turned out thinner than the other. I decided to make a bow from each billet, so I cut both of them lengthwise. One turned out about 3/4-1" wide. I'll make a kids bow from that. One is 1 1/4 - 1 1/2" and will make a man's bow. I tried a z splice on the little bow by stacking the billets together and cutting. It was a mess even after boiling and clamping to dry. I cut that off and used a double fishtail pattern which worked very well. I made 2 four inch patterns; one 3/4" wide and one 1" wide. Much better fit than the Z. I will epoxy the big splice and use Elmer's carpenter glue on the little one. I have to warm the glue since my garage is so cold.
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Sunday, January 18, 2004

I worked on the hickory bow from the inner split some this weekend. It's sanded out, the leather is shaped for the grip/arrow rest. I dyed it green. My wife had a fit because it was supposed to be her bow. I will give it to the landlord's son who has asked for one. I got inspired to start on a couple of osage bows after seeing John Scifre's Bow Roughout post. I got a bandsaw last spring to use for splicing. I haven't had the guts to use it on my staves though. I decided to try it on some billets and a stave I'm working on. It worked out OK. I would not recommend it unless you have a lot of wood. I cut through too far on one billet when I took off the sapwood.
These billets have aged since 1997 and have been in my hot box for about 6 months. The wood is real dry and the rings pop off niceley.
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