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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong-Not for BOM
« on: January 23, 2011, 06:12:02 pm »
I did another buildalong but this time I put it on my site. This is bow is from a stave given to me by Rsuty. Thanks for looking. Thanks, Rusty. :) Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/crookedbow.html
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Re: Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2011, 06:15:57 pm »
Looks great.  I can't believe those cracks are holding.
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Re: Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2011, 06:22:20 pm »
Yup, another great one Jawge.
Those pics will help a few more guys with their tillering and help to save a few more bent and split staves. ;D
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2011, 06:27:42 pm »
Thanks, osage outlaw. They are with the grain and DCM and I think they are wind shakes. You can imagine my surprise as I reduced the belly on this stave. Considering a problem here and there, this bow came together fairly quickly to full. Took about 11 hours. These character staves can surprise or they can rapidly become tomato takes. LOL. Thanks, Del. That's my aim. :) Jawge
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Re: Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong-Not for BOM
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2011, 11:05:56 pm »
Very nice Jawge, I like that one, that last brace shot is perfect.

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Re: Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong-Not for BOM
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2011, 11:14:01 pm »
 Very nice buildalong Jawge, Nice bow. You are a great mentor for many young bowyers. Thank you.
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Re: Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong-Not for BOM
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2011, 11:16:21 pm »
WOW very cool I never saw that bow coming out of that stave lol great work definately makes you think twice about what a new guy sees as not workable, looks like you can make allot work. great job!
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Re: Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong-Not for BOM
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2011, 11:54:45 pm »
Thanks George,Love the bow gotta try osage someday-Hammertime
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Re: Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong-Not for BOM
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2011, 06:32:39 am »
Nice job Jawges on a challenging piece of wood,well done.Thanks for sharing. :)
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Re: Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong-Not for BOM
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2011, 10:39:46 am »
great job on that stave!
 If you had short longitudinal cracks on the back, but an otherwise wide clean ring, would you have been able to try just superglue or would you have had to back it with something? I have one that I have re-chased 3 times and little 1-2inch cracks show up in different spots when each new ring is chased.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong-Not for BOM
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2011, 11:53:09 am »
Thanks, George. Thanks, keenan, I hope this buildalong will be used. Thanks, elk. I never did. LOL. The design got narrower when I saw those cracks. It was a fluid design. Thanks, hammertime. Osage is an excellent bow wood. Thanks, Pappy. Tjat I got a bow from this wood is a tribute to the quality of osage as a bow wood. Postman, I rarely worry about cracks that run north to south on the stave. Super glue goes a long way to fixing these. Show some pictures of your stave so we can help you. Jawge
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Re: Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong-Not for BOM
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2011, 12:52:06 pm »
 That is a mighty fine looking bow, George. It sure looked like a challengeing piece of wood. Great to see you making wood chips and the Tiller looks dead on.
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« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2011, 03:02:47 pm »
Very nice buildalong and bow!

Is super glue best for fixing those kind of cracks?
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Re: Crooked Bow-Another Osage Buildalong-Not for BOM
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2011, 03:41:37 pm »
Thanks, Mullet. Glad you like it. Thanks, Tbod. Yes, I think super glue does the job well. The runny kind runs right in. Jawge
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