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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #150 on: February 24, 2013, 08:42:30 am »
Yup, those nocks are from me. They will work great with 11/32 shafts. The leather wrap handle is a breeze. We can burn that bridge when we get there.
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #151 on: February 24, 2013, 01:20:36 pm »
Do you have any plans for the fletching jig?
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #152 on: February 24, 2013, 03:31:32 pm »
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #153 on: February 24, 2013, 06:47:34 pm »
Once i make one of those out of carboard what do i do? does it matter where i put the feathers? Do i glue them then wrap some string around them? And how do i go about putting on the nocks?
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #154 on: February 25, 2013, 06:14:24 pm »
Alright! Kevin's cabinetnet scrapper came in (i take it I just drag one of the corners along the wood?) conveniently my spools for my final string came in too!
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #155 on: February 25, 2013, 06:50:01 pm »
Cool. You pull  or push it across the surface of the bow scraping wood away. Give it a few practice strokes.
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #156 on: February 25, 2013, 10:29:59 pm »
I went back and saw that you had sent him some plastic nocks.  I was decidedly dissappointed.  Not because they were plastic, but because they weren't self nocks.  I was dying to see how you had sent him a dozen self nocks! 

The reason I was so interested was that I used a Skilsaw to put a kerf on an elm log and put it in the wrong place.  If I could chop that kerf into small bits I could use them for pre-cut self nocks. 
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #157 on: February 26, 2013, 09:30:30 am »
Get yourself a string made for it, 2" shorter than the bow.
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #158 on: February 26, 2013, 06:04:38 pm »
I take it i wont use that string until im ready for full brace?
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #159 on: February 26, 2013, 07:18:39 pm »
You will use it right away. At 2" short you can brace your bow now. Did you get a feel for how scrapers work? They dont need much downward pressure, not like a rasp. Its is meant to scrape thin curls of wood off gradual and clean.
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #160 on: February 26, 2013, 08:04:38 pm »
I already made another string for it that I'm just twisting up, I just ordered the extra spools cus I'm starting to run low on the spool I was using was running out. I'm startlinglyng to get a feel for the scraper.

I have a question about temprature and climate though, I keep my bow inside (usually warm and humid) but I work in my dad garage(cold and whatever the humidity is outside) will this effect my bow at all?
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #161 on: February 26, 2013, 09:05:07 pm »
Not now. It will once you learn alot more. Little things arent worth sweating at this point. Once you get a few bows to hold together a whirlwind of possibilities will follow. Humidity, mass weight, working limb ratio and so on. For now just learning to manipulate wood is a good starter.


You can brace your bow and keep keep tillering if you want to. Just give it 12-15 pulls to 15" in between scrapings.
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #162 on: February 26, 2013, 10:15:41 pm »
Chris
I am impressed with how you are handling this help along !!
Very good job !

JW if the selfnocks come installed , I'll take a hundred !

Keep up the good work Pearly!
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #163 on: February 26, 2013, 10:29:19 pm »
This is where it stands at a 3" brace 14" draw
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #164 on: February 27, 2013, 09:32:31 am »
Midway on both limbs needs to move more. Take 15-18 scrapes in the center 10" of each limb
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