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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #645 on: July 27, 2015, 04:38:42 pm »
Great picture Eric! You can see that the arrow is still in paradox! I've never seen a string in a pic like that. Now that's cool! Patrick
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« Reply #646 on: July 28, 2015, 04:05:10 am »
Now that is a COOL picture!!!
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #647 on: July 28, 2015, 06:47:20 am »
Ok I had a date with a heat gun.










Well I think she is nice and toasty. I will work on her this week end getting her tillered out.
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« Reply #648 on: July 28, 2015, 09:52:31 pm »
Mine is headed east.  >:D
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« Reply #649 on: July 29, 2015, 01:10:00 am »
Mine too, although it won't be there for another 10 days or so.
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #650 on: July 30, 2015, 12:18:47 am »
I had really hoped to create a bow with local materials from here in Utah.  But fungus has infiltrated my seasoned staves--I think it was there to begin with--and my other elm staves are not dry yet.  So I have gone to my backup plan.  My guy is going to get my Sidewinder osage stave, and it is the right decision, since this wood is sooo much better that what I was working with.  I have it tillered out to 22 inches so far and low brace.  It has a little snakey at one end and it is feeling super solid and is starting to look really good. It will be hard to let it go.  Whoever has me, send me a good one to help me get over the loss. . .
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #651 on: July 30, 2015, 12:25:09 am »
Jeff, you are a stud. We will find you a new stave! Sometimes that elm is pithy.
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #652 on: July 30, 2015, 12:35:35 am »
I cut a juniper stave near Cedar City last week too. And I am loving working with the osage.  I will have to find more of that, too.  We should plant some groves and wait 50 years.  I have some more elm from another tree too and it looks much better-just not dry yet. I want to try some yew sometime too.  I will take a bunch of pictures before I send this one off.
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #653 on: July 30, 2015, 08:54:28 am »
I have 100 seeds Jeff. Let me know where!
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #654 on: July 30, 2015, 10:33:37 am »
You get some funny looks dropping off an 80" pvc pipe at the post office. But mine is shipped, I hope my guy enjoys.

Kyle
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #655 on: July 30, 2015, 11:11:25 am »
Quote from: Mo_coon-catcher on July 30, 2015, 10:33:37 am
You get some funny looks dropping off an 80" pvc pipe at the post office. But mine is shipped, I hope my guy enjoys.

Kyle

Yeah, I can't wait to see their faces either. Mine won't fit in a 2in pvc. Probably more like 4 or 5 inch. I didn't think about shipping when I put the curves in. May have to build a shipping container. Patrick
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #656 on: July 30, 2015, 01:12:29 pm »
I almost feel ashamed. I heated in the final reflex, thought I'd go with a high reflex design this time, but when I realized putting it in the tube would be impossible I deflexed the handle. I feel like a cheater :o

Tillered to about twenty inches again, good smooth motion so far. Using the heavy sandpaper over the scraper right now, there are a couple funny spots with undulating ring thickness I need to touch up.
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #657 on: July 30, 2015, 09:00:02 pm »
Ok! breaking out the finish and getting it done!
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #658 on: July 30, 2015, 09:58:35 pm »
Quote from: JoJoDapyro on July 30, 2015, 09:00:02 pm
Ok! breaking out the finish and getting it done!

Sweet! A few more days and I'll be right there with you Jojo!  Patrick
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Re: 2015 Primitive Archer bow trade works in progress
« Reply #659 on: July 30, 2015, 10:52:42 pm »
So I went from 120, to 220, to 400, and finished with 800.
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