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Offline catfishon

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finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« on: July 23, 2008, 08:48:09 pm »
well almost finished.. still need to wrap the  handles. but im really excited about these. i was about to give bow makin up after having the last few come out way to light.
the 1st one is a 64" hickory and pulls 53# @ my 27 draw .  i used a torch to darken it up a bit.




and the osage is 60" long and pulls  56# @ 27.
i used red mohogany stain to make it dark . its kinda ugly but shoots fast and right where im lookin. i plan to give it to my friend later this week for helping me cut all the osage awhile back.
 


im still havin a hard time with tillering so  dont be to hard on me......   :-) 

oh yea i have one more im workin on ,its 56" osage and pulls 47@27  do you think this is to short without a backing ?




Offline Sidewinder

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2008, 08:51:45 pm »
Dude, your tiller looks good to me. I'm no expert but I'm guessing that at that draw length your probabley Ok on the short bow Good job on all of the above.  Danny
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2008, 08:54:56 pm »
Nice, cat. Good stuff. :) Jawge
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Offline Woodland Roamer

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2008, 08:58:26 pm »
Nice looking bows.

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Offline koan

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2008, 10:42:35 pm »
Those is all purty nice ;).....Brian
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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2008, 11:01:28 pm »
Jon those  are nice. I didn't get a chance to see em that weekend. Nice work. :)
 56"  47@27 is short but looks like yer doin it. Might take a bit more set than if it was longer, looks like you're gonna find out. I always make mine twice drawlength plus at least 8% ...used to make 'em all 68" ;)

Offline kayakfisher

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2008, 11:08:01 pm »
nice bows good use of electric meter to
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Offline Pappy

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2008, 05:38:01 am »
Nice job ,both times. ;)
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Offline DanaM

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2008, 07:34:38 am »
Very nice bows catfish :)
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Offline RG

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2008, 08:15:22 am »
Good job on both Catfish

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Offline cowboy

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2008, 09:44:09 am »
Glad you didn't give up catfish - you make some fine lookin bows :).
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Offline Pat B

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2008, 10:02:41 am »
Nice bows. Sometimes it takes a while to get it all figured out. Aren't you glad you didn't give up?     Pat
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Offline adb

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2008, 11:24:58 am »
Very nice bows, all. No, I think your short bow is fine, but if you want, rawhide would give it extra insurance. your tiller looks good on all three. way to hang in!

Offline catfishon

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2008, 04:56:40 pm »
thanks all . a wise man told me to stop trying to floor tiller and just put a long string on to get it bending.    i think i was taking to much wood off when i floor tillered. dont know if this is a good way or a bad way to do it , but seems to be the only way i can....lol

Offline The Burnt Hill Archer

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Re: finished a couple from the heartland selfbow jam
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2008, 07:22:01 pm »
what they all said, good job on all of em. i especially like that hickory.

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