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mjayet	split or carve the branch?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 20 (07/01/09 1:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	its 7cm in diameter on one side and then 5 and a half on the other. if you put the 7cm side on the ground standing strait up, its strait to nipple hight. what i want to knwo is, should i split it with a wedge or just start carving to get the middle part? its ginko wood to, if thats important.
Boomer		#1	[-]
Posts: 758 (07/01/09 2:19 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	If it is that small I'd say just remove the wood using a draw knife or heavy rasp. If you try to split it, it might not split where you want it to. Not much room for error on such a small diameter branch.
CarvedTones		#2	[-]
Posts: 272 (07/02/09 1:33 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I would start carving with a hatchet. -Andy www.carvedtones.com
DarkSoul		#3	[-]
Posts: 423 (07/02/09 4:25 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Don't split it, just carve it as it is. A hatchet will indeed be perfect. Ginkgo is pretty lousy wood for bows. It's soft and light-weight. Leave it as long as possible (which is actually too short in your case), and keep a slightly crowned belly. "Sonuit contento nervus ab arcu." Ovid, Metamorphoses VI-286
George Tsoukalas		#4	[-]
Posts: 3544 (07/02/09 4:38 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Carved, of course you would carve. Your name is Carved. My name is Jawge and so would I. Jawge http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/
CarvedTones		#5	[-]
Posts: 276 (07/02/09 4:39 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I actually started to say "both" because of what I am using on a big stave. I normally use my detail hatchet (a Stubai sculpting tool) but I started with one of those one piece steel camping hatchets and a 3# sledge. About 2' from the end, I would chop out a littlle ledge and then pound the hatchet in and split off a slab of 1/4" or so. -Andy www.carvedtones.com
mjayet		#6	[-]
Posts: 21 (07/02/09 6:49 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	alright thanks guys. its just, i dotn have a hatchet, but i do have an axe, so i bassicaly try to use the axe like a hatchet, it works for getting bark off the branches. should i invest in a hatchet? could one be used to rough out the bows shape, then switch to somethign more precises for tillering, etc? even if ginkos bad, its all i got. i dont want to cut down trees to make a bow, and since i have about 10 pieces of ginko all about my height, im gona try to use it. i want the middle of the branch to be the bow right? ive herd heartwood, ive heard sapwood, wich is it? also, how good is pine for making bows?
CarvedTones		#7	[-]
Posts: 279 (07/02/09 7:28 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	You want the outside (outer surface) of the branch to be the back of the bow. -Andy www.carvedtones.com
dwardo		#8	[-]
Posts: 85 (07/02/09 7:41 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I use a scandi forest axe for roughing out, as long as its sharp go for it. You say you have a load of staves so just get in there and give it a go Oh and make sure you have a well equiped first aid kit to hand Oh and pine isnt too hot for bows but as many others have said you can make a bow from any wood.
CarvedTones		#9	[-]
Posts: 280 (07/02/09 8:01 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I love my sculpting hatchet and it lets me go a lot further in shaping than my camping hatchet. If I didn't have it, I might consider getting a sheetrock hammer. Something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Michigan-Industrial-Tools-Hickory-Drywall/dp/B000NPT60W/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1246550582&sr=1-8 -Andy www.carvedtones.com Last Edited By: CarvedTones 07/02/09 8:06 AM. Edited 1 times.
mjayet		#10	[-]
Posts: 22 (07/03/09 9:54 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00948101000P?keyword=hatchet you guys have any idea how good of a hatchet this is? im just tryign to find the cheapest one possible that looks usable

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