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Offline rps3

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #270 on: February 13, 2013, 06:37:45 pm »
Plan  A, a mildly snakey osage, there will be a plan B, just not sure what yet.

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #271 on: February 13, 2013, 06:38:51 pm »
Nice choice! That air cleaner is a God send isnt it? I love mine and cant imagine my shop w/o it.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #272 on: February 13, 2013, 06:48:17 pm »
That's one adorable helper!  made me smile :)

Offline rps3

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #273 on: February 13, 2013, 06:59:15 pm »
Thanks PD, I just bought the air cleaner last week off craigslist new for a sweet price, have been looking for a while now, and I love it.

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #274 on: February 13, 2013, 07:03:31 pm »
She is something else for sure k-hat ,I am a lucky man to have  2 beautiful grandaughters who like to spend time with me.

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #275 on: February 13, 2013, 07:23:07 pm »
whats taking you fellas so long?
thought fer sure id come home this afternoon
to find one of you guys done with yr trade bow by now.....  ;D
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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #276 on: February 13, 2013, 08:29:04 pm »
Got a little done last night after work (stave prep 6 different ones) but I'm really having a hard time figuring out what to build........  My thoughts before I got my name were to build with a wood that was not available to my victim and maybe in a style that he hadn't tried???? I was glad at first to find out he was prolific as far as posting but Geeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzz maybe to much so, and all over the place!!!!

Excuse me got to go take a chill pill :(

Come on man think, think!!!!!!

some possibles........




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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #277 on: February 13, 2013, 08:33:13 pm »
Well Momma said I had to finish the taxs before I could go back to the bow shop! :'( almost done though I've been putt'n it off so tomorrow I'll be back at it ;D
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #278 on: February 13, 2013, 08:35:18 pm »
Just got done ripping down 3 rings, boy did they get stickier as I went down. I finally found a sweet back and got her laid out. Im going all hand tools on this one. Its feeling good still. Its gonna be a 59" yellow stick-o-dynamite in a week!!!!!!!
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Offline JonW

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #279 on: February 13, 2013, 08:38:11 pm »
Here ya go Sadie. Still need to tweak the bottom limb a little. I'll have her done tomorrow.
whats taking you fellas so long?
thought fer sure id come home this afternoon
to find one of you guys done with yr trade bow by now.....  ;D

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #280 on: February 13, 2013, 08:45:34 pm »
Got a little done last night after work (stave prep 6 different ones) but I'm really having a hard time figuring out what to build........  My thoughts before I got my name were to build with a wood that was not available to my victim and maybe in a style that he hadn't tried???? I was glad at first to find out he was prolific as far as posting but Geeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzz maybe to much so, and all over the place!!!!

Excuse me got to go take a chill pill :(

Come on man think, think!!!!!!

some possibles........



I completely agree, it would be interesting to send a wood they might not have access to or a style they might not have tried. Osage and Yew are super hard to find in my area. But then again I know personally I would be happy to recieve just about anything so long as it is a good shooter.
Giving it your best effort is what anyone should expect.

Offline Badly Bent

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #281 on: February 13, 2013, 08:46:09 pm »
Thats a sweet looking elm bow you got going Jon.
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Offline Cardboard_Duck

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #282 on: February 13, 2013, 09:48:20 pm »
I worked on my plan A tonight. Got it to floor tiller. It's going to be another Mollegabet... I hope :)
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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #283 on: February 13, 2013, 10:56:42 pm »
JonW:  What a nice bow, so far.  Love that profile.  Just send it on over.  :P
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #284 on: February 13, 2013, 10:58:57 pm »
Lots of good starts and finishes  :o  Way to work JonW!

I am pretty excited about building one for my particular recipient.  I know exactly the style of bow they like but no one stave has jumped out yet.  Gonna have to think on it a bit longer.

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the mono chord, the initial rune of fine art
The humanities grew out from archery as a flower from a seed
No sooner did the soft, sweet note of the bow-string charm the ear of genius than music was born, and from music came poetry and painting and..." Maurice Thompso