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Offline yazoo

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bow forms
« on: March 09, 2009, 07:31:30 pm »
my old ones were getting in bad shape,so I made 10 new ones today going to put them to good use tonite :o

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Offline Ryano

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Re: bow forms
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2009, 08:12:59 pm »
Mike, do you clamp those blanks down to a form when there green? Do you use any heat at all?
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Offline yazoo

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Re: bow forms
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2009, 08:36:57 pm »
the wood i am using this year is about a year and a half old, this makes me 16 forms, when I get the last one filled its time to start over, man its hot today in tennessee,, might go fishing tomorrow  ;D
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Offline John K

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Re: bow forms
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2009, 12:50:20 pm »
Mike, can you show me some close up pics ?

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Offline yazoo

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Re: bow forms
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2009, 05:57:41 pm »
this is the kind of form I have always used,stole it from my mentor, gary davis,  the front is cut out to the amount of reflex you want, then screwed to a 2x6 this allows you to reflex and straighten at the same time, I have different amounts of reflex, and some that are wider for real crooked staves, some that are cut on a angle to take limb twist out, could not make bows without this tool ;D
if you can shoot over them , they ain't to far