Westmead Artificer - Bow Making

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Bow #1: Ash flat-bow.

From this:

Via this:

and this:

To this:

It came out at about 50lb @ 30" - not as much as I'd hoped, but respectable for a first try. It was then left sitting in clamps to finish drying prior to heat treatment.
Following discussions online, I realise I should have waited for it to stabilise before starting to tiller.

I need more patience, and I need it NOW, dammit!
The bow was left indoors and being weighed every day, abd allowed to reach equilibrium before re-tillering. At the ambient temperature and humidity, equilibrium MC would be about 9-10%, which is near-ideal for ash.
Heat-treatment and re-tillering followed, with the draw-weight eventually dropping to around 30lb @30", probably due to me starting to tiller before drying was complete.

Finished with two coats of Danish oil and one of beeswax after decoration.

Sarah doesn't believe in wasting any available drawlength...

Decoration...

Drawing just under 28" to the head.

It shoots quite nicely, with a bit of hand-shock, and feels reasonably quick.