RE: Bow Making and Spokeshave use
I forgot to address where to put a shelf. I actually split the dynamic fulcrum and the geographic fulcrum. To make it easy on you, just find the geographic fulcrum, the very center of the bow. Mark that and cut your shelf about a 1/4"to 1/2" above center. That way your brace hand is just under the midline or right on it. When you cut your shelf, don’t go past the midline of the bow. Keep it about 1/8” light of the midline, this will be a good starting point. I tiller to the center of the bow with a 1/8 positive tiller so that way I get the draw I like when I cut my shelf and set up my handle. Hope this makes sense.