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Offline E. Jensen

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #570 on: July 12, 2015, 01:33:17 pm »
My plan B is shooting and ready for a grip.  Oh boy I hope the plan A works out cause I love that bow!  Didn't get to go out yesterday but scraped it a bit on the porch and going out today.  Got a short string made and put a few tugs on it with the long.  Initial tiller looks good, maybe a bit weak in the tips.  Its naturally recurved a tad so that's new for me.  It's an elm sap, I hope it'll be ok unbacked but its down to barely below the cambium, smooth and burnished, so lets see!
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #571 on: July 12, 2015, 01:57:58 pm »
Man that sounds good E. Jensen! I've never had an elm stave. Going to cut one after mojam. I found 2 really nice ones at my folks house. The are about 3 to 4 inches around. Looking forward to working with it.

I just put my trade bow in the truck, getting everything loaded to head to mojam! Right now it is 50lbs at 20 inches. Hopefully in a couple of days  it will be 55 at 28 and shoot in! I'll probably shoot the 3D course there with it to. Can't wait, see you all in a week! Patrick
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Offline KellyG

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #572 on: July 12, 2015, 02:29:37 pm »
a couple of pics of one of the bows I am working on.







So i am getting there. I need to heat this one up, the string is still just off the edge of hte handle. I have it pulling to about 30lbs right now but that is a low brace and I have a long why to go so we shall see.
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Offline Chadwick

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #573 on: July 12, 2015, 02:47:05 pm »
Got mine shipped... Osage 50#@27". I'll tell you now that it thumps in the hand, so I tried like crazy to reduce the outer limbs and get it to have a sweeter release. Buff horn nock overlays, both of which have randomly broken and had to be replaced during tillering and shooting-in. All that said, I'd confidently hunt most anything with this bow, if I had it out there. I've hunted brown bear with a bow that didn't perform as well as this one, so there you go. No shelf/arrow rest, 66"ntn in a 2" black pvc tube, headed far away.
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Offline bushboy

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #574 on: July 12, 2015, 03:02:16 pm »
Sounds like things are coming together. 8)is there a shipped list on here somewhere?
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Offline E. Jensen

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #575 on: July 12, 2015, 06:09:27 pm »
Got my plan A tillered.  Pretty close anyways.  I'm a shadow tillerer and it was hazy and then got even hazier so I'll revisit it.  Started chasing rings on plan C, which is a snakey, knotty osage.
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #576 on: July 12, 2015, 10:45:05 pm »
Neolithic man just let me know he is tillering and will have his bow sent in a few weeks.
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Offline hunterbob

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #577 on: July 13, 2015, 06:40:51 am »
Looks lik ed everyone is pretty bussy. And some nice looking bows going out.
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Offline E. Jensen

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #578 on: July 13, 2015, 09:29:43 pm »
Got my plan A shooting today.  I have mixed feelings about it.  On the one hand it shoots GREAT!  Better than any bow I've made since.  I'd estimate 55-60#.  Draws smooth, shoots straight and fast, and absolutely no handshock.  But . . . . there is a little twist on one tip when strung.  It's either because of the side nock, or the natural lateral bend.  Not sure if I should cut the 1/4" nock off, put it on the other side.  Or heat the tip straight.  Or chalk it up to character since it shoots fine.  Input please. 
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Offline E. Jensen

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« Reply #579 on: July 13, 2015, 09:30:58 pm »
Sorry for the ugly pics, you can see what I mean in these two.  I'd say the twist is maybe 20 degrees.
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Offline sleek

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« Reply #580 on: July 13, 2015, 09:46:27 pm »
KellyG, that blw has some nice character.  I made a few like rhay and the string alingment on handle usually males a nice center shot. That brace looks low, have you got ot to full brace yet?
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Offline Mo_coon-catcher

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #581 on: July 13, 2015, 10:47:04 pm »
I just gotta touch one part of the top limb to make it flex a little bit more. It's a little under weight but still is a quick shooter when pulled to its full draw. It lost a little more weight than I had hoped by the time I got all the twist and turns sorted out. I havnt weighed it since its second heat treatment but is probably about 40 pounds.Though with my normal draw in the 26 1/2" area its full draw of 30" is a little bit of a stretch to get out of it. When shot at my draw length it seems a little slow with a minor thump in the hand but bringing it to full 30" seems to wake it up and it performs much better. When I can stretch out to get the full 30. I just gotta touch it up, do all my doodling, and put the finish on the belly and a few more coats all over. THen on its way it'll be.

Kyle
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #582 on: July 14, 2015, 03:04:21 am »
E.Jensen - if it shoots well and the string isn't off the side of the handle then I'd just leave it as is.  :)
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Offline Blaflair2

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« Reply #583 on: July 14, 2015, 10:54:25 am »
My eye is officially better. Eye drop for one more week and then back to normal. I got working on my bow a bit. Apparently the handle fits good, maybe too good. It was a mother trying to get it apart after it sat together so long.
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Offline hunterbob

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #584 on: July 14, 2015, 11:47:11 am »
Glad your eye is getting better.  Nice looking two piece bow you are working on.
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