follow and help me along the way. (DYE JOB DONE)

[blackhawk]

I can't believe pearly sent ya that boring junk of a stave....i at least would've sent ya something with some character,AND made ya chase a ring(that's the fun part)      I think you can do about anything you want within reason with that one...give it some true static recurves

[BOWMAN53]

I can't believe pearly sent ya that boring junk of a stave....i at least would've sent ya something with some character,AND made ya chase a ring(that's the fun part)      I think you can do about anything you want within reason with that one...give it some true static recurves

lol hey nobody ever said you couldnt send me anything lol

[bubby]

yeah, bend some real hooks on that stick, bub

[Stringman]

Good lookin start, now break out the hatchet and draw knives cause you got some wood to remove!

[BOWMAN53]

ok ok you conviced me ill add some "real hooks"

[BOWMAN53]

Good lookin start, now break out the hatchet and draw knives cause you got some wood to remove!

no draw knife, just a hatchet and now one c clamps lol.

[George Tsoukalas]

Nice job following the lateral grain. PD gives good advice. Jawge

[blackhawk]

ok ok you conviced me ill add some "real hooks"

Make this
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=37380.0

[BOWMAN53]

ok ok you conviced me ill add some "real hooks"

Make this
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=37380.0

lol yeah sure. id just snap the tips off trying to get that much of an extreme bend in em.

[BOWMAN53]

Nice job following the lateral grain. PD gives good advice. Jawge

thank you George, i always second guess myself just a little when drawing the lines

[bubby]

ok ok you conviced me ill add some "real hooks"

Make this
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=37380.0

lol yeah sure. id just snap the tips off trying to get that much of an extreme bend in em.
 just do it !!!

[BOWMAN53]

bow peer pressure.........just say no, just say no, just say no............ lol

[blackhawk]

Osage+ heat = butter ....its not hard at all to bend once good n hot...and osage is the best wood to make extreme heat shapes n bends too for bows...and the number two is a distant second...

#1. Reduce it down to stiff floor tiller

#2. Make the last 6" or so a half inch thick and on one ring

#3. Shellac those ends...all surfaces around the tips

#4. Steam for an hour to make sure its good n hot n pliable

#5. Have everything ready close to the bow steaming,and quickly make your bend all in one swoosh(I use a metal strap behind the belly,some folks don't),and sooner than 30 seconds out of the steaming apparatus. All kinds of things to bend it over...be creative.

#6. Let set till cool ...then repeat step 5 for the other tip

#7. Tiller that bad boy out after letting it set for a couple days

#8. Enjoy shooting your smooooooth sexy static osage recurve  

[BOWMAN53]

#8. Enjoy shooting your smooooooth sexy static osage recurve   

for some reason when i read this one, it was narrated in a Barry White voice lol

[BOWMAN53]

Osage+ heat = butter ....its not hard at all to bend once good n hot...and osage is the best wood to make extreme heat shapes n bends too for bows...and the number two is a distant second...

#1. Reduce it down to stiff floor tiller

#2. Make the last 6" or so a half inch thick and on one ring

#3. Shellac those ends...all surfaces around the tips

#4. Steam for an hour to make sure its good n hot n pliable

#5. Have everything ready close to the bow steaming,and quickly make your bend all in one swoosh(I use a metal strap behind the belly,some folks don't),and sooner than 30 seconds out of the steaming apparatus. All kinds of things to bend it over...be creative.

#6. Let set till cool ...then repeat step 5 for the other tip

#7. Tiller that bad boy out after letting it set for a couple days

#8. Enjoy shooting your smooooooth sexy static osage recurve  

ill try the dry heat first