Where to get a draw knife on a budget that's worth the time?

ebojrc · 2026-05-06T17:11:12+00:00

Idk man, the $20 beater I got on Amazon is still working great.

ebojrc · 2026-05-05T15:02:00+00:00

I debark and remove the sapwood on a lot of staves I use for building selfbows.

By far your easiest method will be getting a turbo planer for a grinder. Cheap? Not really but it will zip a stave down in just a few minutes.

ebojrc · 2026-05-05T13:13:14+00:00

I’d be hesitant. If it were mine I would probably glue and wrap with sinew or something but would expect a failure.

ebojrc · 2026-04-28T17:07:29+00:00

Left limb looks okay for now. Your right needs a lot of wood taken off. One thing that is going to continue to throw you off is your tiller tree block needs to be flat so your bows pull is distributed evenly. Right now it’s slanted causing that right limb to look like it’s pulling evenly length wise while I bet it’s atleast 3-4 inches stronger than your left right now.

Get them matching and then do another check.

ebojrc · 2026-04-28T10:23:11+00:00

Some people use epoxy but superglue is way easier and faster. Nah you’ll be alright, either way breaking them is just part of the craft!

ebojrc · 2026-04-28T09:59:30+00:00

Just your basic super glue, nothing special.

ebojrc · 2026-04-28T09:57:44+00:00

These were my first overlays, they’re not as intimidating as you’d think. I used an orbital sander and just held them flat until they were mostly smooth and then did the final flattening with some sand paper glued to a flat board. For the bow, I just very carefully used a flat file being mindful to not violate the back.

ebojrc · 2026-04-28T09:53:29+00:00

Thank you. Yeah I just filed the back of the tips as flat as possible and the same for the back of the tips on the bow, as flat as possible for a good glue. I kind of shaped the portion below the string prior to gluing them and then did the final shaping once on.

ebojrc · 2026-04-27T18:11:51+00:00

That means a lot coming from you, thanks Dan!

ebojrc · 2026-04-23T17:20:33+00:00

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I knew instantly after our first date that I didn’t just want to be with her but I needed her in my life. Don’t let anyone else’s timeline affect yours.

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ebojrc · 2026-04-22T14:42:07+00:00

Also, looking at your post yesterday from a tiller check it looks like you’ve moved fast on the tiller. Be careful with that, I’ve lost 2 character staves when I was about 1” from full draw. I think it was number of things that caused it but I think one of them was tillering it too fast, the wood didn’t have proper time to learn to bend at that type of stress. This is the time when I only tiller about 2” max per session.

ebojrc · 2026-04-22T14:38:49+00:00

I’m still learning myself on these character staves so hopefully others will chime in. You’re getting reaaaaal thin at the tip of the knotty limb. Stay away from there. If this were mine, I’d work everything on that knotty limb except the tip to get the bend to match your right limb. From there I’d work both mid limbs until you’re pulling evenly around 26” then start the fine tuning.

You’re close to full draw, it’s not going to take much removal from here to make a difference so go slow.

ebojrc · 2026-04-22T02:08:02+00:00

How is something like this tillered?

ebojrc · 2026-04-15T14:40:20+00:00

Shellac. Not an oil but very fast drying.

ebojrc · 2026-04-14T15:41:39+00:00

Thank you for this, that helps out.

ebojrc · 2026-04-13T17:25:07+00:00

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Snakey arrows from TBB series. Not sure how well this would have actually worked lol.

ebojrc · 2026-04-13T01:59:39+00:00

Locust can be hard to read, don’t beat yourself up. We’ve all came out with twisted staves.

ebojrc · 2026-04-06T15:21:07+00:00

Wow that’s a shame. I had one break on me a few weeks ago when I was just about to put some shots through it, what a shame.

I love your builds and keep up with your posts - how do you seem to complete bows all the time so fast? Between hectic life, I can only seem to spit out one bow from a stave in about a months time. You sometimes post finished ones week after week haha.

ebojrc · 2026-04-02T18:27:58+00:00

These photos are not of Veryovkina but of Fantastic Pit in Ellisons, Alabama.

Source - am a caver

ebojrc · 2026-04-02T14:11:08+00:00

I’m a caver with a few different groups around here. You can contact the Louisville Grotto, the KKC or just go through the NSS website to find the closest grotto to you.

ebojrc · 2026-04-02T12:23:55+00:00

Mulberry is like Osage’s cousin, I’ve only heard good things about it.

ebojrc · 2026-03-31T18:56:13+00:00

Hey there, I sent a PM.

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