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Silki saws are ASTONISHING, I know of at least one arborist who uses one instead of his chainsaw

What RWoody said. Totally fixable, you can tack the wood infill in place with gel type cyano (superglue)

Only Weeks? Tha were lucky, sorry, I feel a Monty Python sketch coming on

Perhaps if they make it expensive enough you’ll give up and go away?

That and building bows and crossbows was a trade governed by guilds and/or a craft passed on from father to son, so makers were taught not self-taught. You are completely correct of course and I have made a few successful crossbows of more normal weight but I have raided my stock of better...

My failure rate is far higher in crossbows than in archery bows. Still on the steep part of the learning curve

Consider Switching to a Danish oil- the varnish may restore the shine but not be too thick to affect the feel of the handle

Well that sucks. No idea why it blew up, oh well , I was 5mm under thickness so chalk it up to experience and start again. I’ll keep you updated

This is the best image I have. We’re looking at the item on the far right

The tiller is nearly there, I’m not 100 percent happy with it but it’s close. I have tempered it but it’s taken about 10mm of set. I had thought I would not mount the bow as I only wanted to do a strength test but I have knocked out a tiller from yellow pine. It took next to no time with a...

Full draw, just a small tweak left to go.

When I worked as a carving instructor the government funded lifelong learning courses and I taught numerous classes. We tried to get carving re-classified as vocational but failed, the irony of love-spoon making being seen as non-vocational in Wales should not be lost on you. Carving remained...

I had thought draw length would be 10” but I re-measured the drawings and Draw length will eventually end up at 12”, which is going to be a bit of a challenge

String is made and the tillering is nearly done. Two feet on the bow and a two handed pull gets it drawn to 8”. I suspect the draw weight will end up as disappointing 😀

Fair enough, nice to know I’m. not the only one with no idea

Anyone?

Sorry, I was mucking about with the edit, swapped out one image for a better one. You should be able to see it now

Sorry, but what do you all think the vertical piece was made from - its a Scandinavian/North European wood, by the look it has very hard winter rings, not so much with the summer growth. I'm thinking some kind of spruce, maybe. Top piece is yew, btw. The piece is very old and preserved after...

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No evidence leaves you wide open to prosecution and an expensive defence action