SHAPING THE BOW

While the laminations were in the oven the epoxy glue
hardened, and they took the shape of the bow form. The
hardened epoxy may have squeezed-out the sides.
It's very sharp, so take care not nicking yourself.
At this stage the bow is now together
in a rough block form.

Marking shape of the bow.
Now it's time to mark the outline of the limbs.
(covered with blue masking tape)
I made a plexiglass template and clamp it in place
to trace onto the bows limbs.

I use a bandsaw to cut the limbs just marked.
Cutting a little outside the line and getting closer to the
marked line in the next step.

Next using a belt sander, sand the limbs down to the
line marked with the template above.

Remove the blue masking tape, and see what the limb laminations will look like.

Measure and mark where you want your string nocks cut.
I use a rattail file for cutting the string nocks because I haven't come across a better way.
Going slowly and carefully not to cut to deep.
At this point, the string nocks are just for tillering and will be worked more at a later stage.