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Offline GregB

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #660 on: February 27, 2013, 09:07:08 am »
"...and miles to go before I sleep!" ;)  Kind of on hold for a few days until the weekend and plan to work on bows then. I'll string the hhb up for the first time since I heat treated it last weekend, and do whatever adjustments it might need on the tillering tree. Then shaping the handle and start shooting it...I think it will perform good, at least I hope so. In between and mixed in with all that I'll put both osage bows on forms and work on straightening any propellor and adding some reflex, then start stage two of tillering on the tillering board to brace, then to the tree. I'm hoping to be shooting all three within the next couple of weeks, and decide for sure which bow to send south...or was it north, or was it southwest, or northeast...I don't know, I'll figure it out hopefully by the time the bow is finished! :)
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Offline Cardboard_Duck

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #661 on: February 27, 2013, 01:16:47 pm »
Just dropped mine in the mail today, should be somewhere by Friday.
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Offline autologus

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #662 on: February 27, 2013, 02:37:41 pm »
Quote from: Cardboard_Duck on February 27, 2013, 01:16:47 pm
Just dropped mine in the mail today, should be somewhere by Friday.

Hey, I live somewhere!  Sweet I have a new bow coming!   >:D

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Offline steelslinger

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #663 on: February 27, 2013, 03:16:09 pm »
Flipped the tips and heat tempered a vine maple stave yesterday, should be shooting this weekend.
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #664 on: February 27, 2013, 03:25:12 pm »
I got the 90 degree twist out and some reflex in on the Hickory stick,still not sure that is the one , but at least maybe I will have it for back up !
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Offline Bryce

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #665 on: February 27, 2013, 03:34:44 pm »
Quote from: steelslinger on February 27, 2013, 03:16:09 pm
Flipped the tips and heat tempered a vine maple stave yesterday, should be shooting this weekend.


remember, take it easy bud  ;) ;D 8) :laugh:
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Offline steelslinger

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #666 on: February 27, 2013, 06:27:51 pm »
Quote from: Bryce (Pinecone) on February 27, 2013, 03:34:44 pm
Quote from: steelslinger on February 27, 2013, 03:16:09 pm
Flipped the tips and heat tempered a vine maple stave yesterday, should be shooting this weekend.


remember, take it easy bud  ;) ;D 8) :laugh:

I have it in the shower room till tomorrow.  I learned a bunch from the last one ::)
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Offline doulosparachristos

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #667 on: February 27, 2013, 06:52:41 pm »
dude, that is genius!
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Offline WoodBenderDW

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #668 on: February 27, 2013, 09:04:11 pm »
Finishing up a couple of projects (one of them being the red oak board bow trade) and have been researching my recipient to try to decide what design to make for my recipient.
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #669 on: February 27, 2013, 10:05:04 pm »
Well, I think that I've stumbled upon my Trade Bow candidate.  While peeling osage for bow blanks, I happened upon this one.  Under the bark a fireball of beauty emerged.  There were plenty of knots but not in "friendly" places so I cut the stave in half.  The pics don't show well how deep red, this stave is.  I chose the left side of the stave on one half and the right side of the other half then flipped one of them 180 degrees.  Now I can splice them back together.  Yep, a bit of trouble but I didn't want to throw such a colorful osage piece into the wood burner.  We'll see how it progresses.... 
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Offline okie64

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #670 on: February 27, 2013, 10:29:42 pm »
That is some pretty stuff Matt! Is there anything not to love about osage? ;)
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Offline Knapper

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #671 on: February 27, 2013, 11:26:22 pm »
That is going to be beaut Mat.
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Offline Will H

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #672 on: February 27, 2013, 11:29:12 pm »
Dang Matt that looks amazing!
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Offline Dvshunter

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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #673 on: February 27, 2013, 11:42:42 pm »
I found some small issues on my elm so I finished an postage blow that I might make my trade bow. It fits my persons likes more sop than the Osage, but its still early. I will post some pics if it makes the cut. It's the same profile just shorter. And its 52@28 which falls into my persons specs. I still want to finish the elm and see where she comes in at.

Sweet looking Osage. I love coloring in wood grain.
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Re: 2013 Bow Trade Works In Progress
« Reply #674 on: February 28, 2013, 12:07:47 am »
Hit my targate draw and weight this evening. Got some finishing work to do, but soon she will be off across the border to ***********!
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