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Offline Weylin

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Pictures from my bow building workshop
« on: November 12, 2018, 08:39:04 pm »
I just finished a great bow building workshop this weekend. My local traditional archery club generously allowed me to use their property and clubhouse to teach my class. We had four students and they did an outstanding job on their bows. Their work exceeded my expectations. They finished their bows early so we were able to indulge in some finish work that I hadn't officially planned on. The results were some lovely bows. They all managed to hit their desired draw weight as well as an added bonus. I will definitely be doing this again. I had a blast.

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Offline Pat B

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2018, 08:45:23 pm »
Very, very cool, Weylin. Pass it on. Nice work space for you guys.
Nice to see your transition was successful.  :OK
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Offline Badger

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2018, 08:53:38 pm »
  That is very impressive Weylin, 4 new builders with 4 finished bows in one weekend!
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2018, 09:01:06 pm »
Awesome, That's great. Bows look really good. Jawge
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2018, 09:33:35 pm »
Congratulations to you and the guys!  One weekend? I only needed about a year to get mine done completely!  Got to wait for a warm up to get pictures.  Great looking bows, too.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2018, 12:49:45 am »
Great stuff :)
That guy did well to make a bow whilst he had a deer on his shoulder.... ::)
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Offline chamookman

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2018, 01:43:11 am »
Way cool  :OK ! Bob
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2018, 04:28:59 am »
Thanks for sharing with us. Thanks for sharing with them. I've had several people contact me hoping I'd do a class. I'm planning on giving it a try. I can only hope it goes as good as yours. I could probably use a few tips. Nice job Weylin.
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Offline leonwood

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2018, 05:43:40 am »
Awesome, they even got Strunk handles! Looks like they had a great time, well done!
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2018, 06:37:06 am »
Quote from: Pat B on November 12, 2018, 08:45:23 pm
Very, very cool, Weylin. Pass it on. Nice work space for you guys.
Nice to see your transition was successful.  :OK

Thanks, Pat. we're getting settled in pretty well. Hopefully I can make it out your way in not too long.

Quote from: Badger on November 12, 2018, 08:53:38 pm
  That is very impressive Weylin, 4 new builders with 4 finished bows in one weekend!

Thanks, Stephen. I should have been more clear. It was a four day class.  :)

Quote from: bjrogg on November 13, 2018, 04:28:59 am
Thanks for sharing with us. Thanks for sharing with them. I've had several people contact me hoping I'd do a class. I'm planning on giving it a try. I can only hope it goes as good as yours. I could probably use a few tips. Nice job Weylin.
Bjrogg

Thanks! You should do it. It was a lot of fun. I've been planning and accumulating tools for a while now. I picked Carson's brain a lot since he's been doing these for a while. I'm happy to share ideas with you. just let me know.

Quote from: leonwood on November 13, 2018, 05:43:40 am
Awesome, they even got Strunk handles! Looks like they had a great time, well done!

Yeah, I wasn't planning on the Strunk wraps but they had time and asked very nicely. The only thing more stressful than making a Strunk wrap is helping four people do it at the same time!
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Offline ohma2

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2018, 08:30:55 am »
Good stuff.that gent in the blue jacket has beautifull form.i bet he will shoot his bow well.
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2018, 08:37:44 am »
Your photography skills work just as well for human subjects as they do for bows!  I really like the sixth one down, with the gentleman leaning back to contemplate the next step.  That's probably what I look like 95% of the time I am building bows...anyway, they all turned out great! 
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Offline BowEd

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2018, 09:34:35 am »
Really nice bows by your students there.It's good they got started off on the right foot.
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Offline High-Desert

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2018, 10:50:13 am »
Very awesome! Did you convince them to become members of PA? They may be hooked for life.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Pictures from my bow building workshop
« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2018, 11:31:49 am »
That is really cool!  Nice work Weylin.
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