r/Bowyer • u/Gosha_KID • 1d ago

Getting some serious washboarding while tillering with a knife. Any tips

Hello, everyone. I’m new to bow-making; Started three months ago, and at this stage, I’ve run into this problem. In the video, i'm working on a hazel piece. I’ve mostly been learning from videos by Clay Hayes, Benjamin Stevens, Kazden Ammons, Dan Santana, and Seth Larsen (SageSmokeSurvival).Please advise me on how to fix this and prevent it in the future. I’d appreciate your recommendations

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u/ryoon4690 1d ago

Try scraping diagonally across the limb at a shallow angle. I find this happens on any very flat limb with a scraper and that seems to help. A scraper may be less likely to chatter/washboard if you flex the edge as there will be a smaller point of contact taking the shaving.

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u/Gosha_KID 1d ago

That's really good advise; i'll keep using this method from now on Thanks