spotted gum near completion
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spotted gum near completion
Got a bit of time and space, so took to the tools again: I've just about finished with a slat of spotted gum ripped from a Masters decking plank. It looks delicate - 76" tip-to-tip, only an inch wide at the handle and 3/4" thick, narrowing and thinning to about 3/8" at the tips - but out to 26" now and pulling well beyond 50lbs, and barely half an inch of set once relaxed. Nearly done; I need to bring the inner limbs around a bit more yet. Anything I've missed?
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Re: spotted gum near completion
Looking good, very interested to hear how the spotted gum shoots! It does look very stiff on the inner limbs to me.
Which limb is the top limb?
Which limb is the top limb?
Re: spotted gum near completion
Looks like a length of Spotted Gum Sap Wood, it should work well. I reckon the Tillers Whip Ended Cadet.
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regards Jacko
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Re: spotted gum near completion
Yes, it is whippy, but I'm not unhappy with that as I see what it - and I - can do, and I knew I had to get the inner limbs doing more. I'm surprised - and pleased - how little set it's taken, and that's all in the outer ends. On PA the suggestion is I could take a couple of inches off the ends and get the inner limbs moving more. I haven't decided on an upper or lower limb yet; it's a tad stiff in the right one. The whole thing's a bit of a combination of sap and heart wood; there's some interesting contrast running along much of it.
Re: spotted gum near completion
Afternoon.
My $0:02
Enjoy the bow. Spotted Gum will make a bow and a good one at that. More are destroyed through incorrect stringing than anything else. The next most common killer is chasing performance and overstressing the bow.
Once you get them working and treat them kindly they last an amazingly long time.
My $0:02
Enjoy the bow. Spotted Gum will make a bow and a good one at that. More are destroyed through incorrect stringing than anything else. The next most common killer is chasing performance and overstressing the bow.
Once you get them working and treat them kindly they last an amazingly long time.
Grahame.
Shoot a Selfbow, embrace Wood Arrows, discover Vintage, be a Trendsetter.
"Unfortunately, the equating of simplicity with truth doesn't often work in real life. It doesn't often work in science, either." Dr Len Fisher.
Shoot a Selfbow, embrace Wood Arrows, discover Vintage, be a Trendsetter.
"Unfortunately, the equating of simplicity with truth doesn't often work in real life. It doesn't often work in science, either." Dr Len Fisher.
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Re: spotted gum near completion
I agree with what you already know, mid limbs need a bit of a scrape, other than that shes a shooter and on the money!
I have made several Elb's from spotty (laminates to up performance a bit but to a safe point) and its a great timber for bows. Easy to obtain and lasts ages if you look after it.
Definitely Agree with Grahame's 2 cents on folks stringing them wrong and trying to over do performance.
Done well mate! Keep it up.
I have made several Elb's from spotty (laminates to up performance a bit but to a safe point) and its a great timber for bows. Easy to obtain and lasts ages if you look after it.
Definitely Agree with Grahame's 2 cents on folks stringing them wrong and trying to over do performance.
Done well mate! Keep it up.