woodwork page part2

It proved too clunky to do the whole page in one post, so here's the rest:

Bows

Some examples of early bowmaking efforts:

English longbow in elm with a linen back:

Ash flatbow: this bow was originally one piece of wood; I misguidedly gave it to a friend to shoot and he overdrew it by about a foot (it was designed to shoot 45lb at 26"). The belly chrysaled all over, so I cut it out and replaced it with maple, which happened to be to hand. It's been shooting straight for 9 years now.

Inlay

These plaques were made when self-employed in Edinburgh in 2000. These examples were too flawed to sell, and so are now on my office wall. The ivory tooth on the Clan Campbell crest came from an old piano key.

Clan Campbell

Clan Cameron

15 foot dining table.

This table was made in 1999 at Patrick Baxter Furniture with cabinet makers Jim Liggatt and Jim Harrington. My contribution was primarily the carving around the edge, which took a week to do. The pictures show the scale of the project, the work in progress, and the final result. It was designed to fit with an existing dining set, and made from walnut.