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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Kegan on December 02, 2008, 07:55:40 pm
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Boy, it's been a while since I've gotten a bow finished up! But I finally found the time to get this one done, which I had glued up a few months ago. I got the Osage board and dark walnut block for the riser from David W., and the bamboo from Nate Kapaldo (nokswimmer). It sure gave me a good bit of trouble. The bamboo twisted slightly, which I hadn't noticed until I started clamping the two pieces. The Osage was also pretty narrow, and I only got 1 3/8" width form it. However, the real problem came when I tried to floor tiller it- the Osage stuck out just a bit more than the boo and it snapped the tip off! So I piked it from 72" to 68" (the longest I could get out of it) with 2" asymetrical limbs- the first time I'd tried that. Tillering also thinned the Osage out until it was nothing more than a belly lamination, making this more of an Osage-bellied-bamboo-bow than a bamboo-backed-Osage-bow ;D. However, I'm now sold on a new style of nocks, something I was never content with on my previous bows, and narrow handles, as my brother has been able to strike the center of whatever he seems to shoot at even with marginally spined arrows.
But despite all the trouble, this came out as one of my nicest to date, and a perfect gift to my brother who was in bad need of a new bow. It's 68" long with offset limbs, 66# at 27", and has good cast (while shooting it in, when Kyle wasn't hitting dead cetner, he was shooting over- even at 40 and 50 yards). You can see that the bottom limb is tempered, to stiffen it up, and the top limb isn't. I finished it with a few coats of wax since both boo and Osage are more 'moisture resistant' than our white woods, and the spar urethane we have here has gone bad. My brother stitched on the leather grip and glued on the arrow plate to give it a very "professional" finishing touch and get it ready to hunt. I'm very pleased with this bow, as is Kyle (which makes it even better). I named it "Thunder Stick" because the Osage looks so much like lightning, and the only other Osage bow I've made from Pat's stave was named "Fire Stick". As I've mentioned before, I'm sold on Osage for a bow wood :).
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Thats a gorgeaus bow. :) I am glad it turned out so nice
If you ever want another piece I will be sure to cut it wider.
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Nice job Kegan. Your bows just keep getting better and better. Keep up the good work. ;D
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Nice job Kegan. Your bows just keep getting better and better. Keep up the good work. ;D
Thanks! It's all the good influence here on PA ;D.
Thanks David, I'll have to keep that in mind :).
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Nice one. Well done
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Great looking bow, Kegan. Try to take some wood off those tips and you will pick up some quickness. You are storing too much weight there. Have you tried that Mulberry yet?
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Great looking bow, Kegan. Try to take some wood off those tips and you will pick up some quickness. You are storing too much weight there. Have you tried that Mulberry yet?
I've yet to attempt it. I tried a test run takedown on some hickory billets, and snapped the thing right across the handle. So I'm going to just splice them into a flatbow come spring (the shop has been set aside for deer processing at the moment). Should I put a cross pin trhough the splice?
I was worried that the tips would be too heavy, but the cast is good, and it has pleanty of power. I came in one evening talking about reworking the handle and tips and Kyle told me to "just stop messing with it!" ;D
Thanks Marc ;D.
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Way to go Kegan,good job.That is really thick boo.How thick was it when you first got it planed flat? God Bless
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Nice bow Kegan! I'm sure your brother is happy. Looks like he means buisiness with it! Good job. :)
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Nice bow Kegan. I need to do one of those boo/osage bows. I've got the osage board just need to get the boo. Keep em coming. Danny
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Nice bow man. it looks quite stout, how strong is it? somewhere around 70#?
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Very nice job,I love the colors.Looks like a hand full. :)
Pappy
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Great bow and a coupla great brothers I'd say. :) Good name for that bow too. Looks like a nofoolin' huntin stick. No arguing with thunder. ;) Dave
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Good looking bow ... ;)
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Boy, look at you getting all fancy on us! ;) Boo/osage is a great combo. Getting the boo just right is a lesson we all have had to learn. If you find your boo is gonna be too thick you can trap it to reduce the stresses on the belly.
Also, having thick boo at the tips isn't all that bad as boo it lighter than most belly woods.
Very nice bow. I'm sure your brother is loveing it. Pat
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Good job and bookmarked under Dec Laminates, too.
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I like it ! Great pictures of you and you'r brother too.
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Thanks everyone for the kind words :)!
PeteC- It was about 1/2" at one end beofe my father helped me run it through the jointer. I figured boo was light enough, and that Osage was good enough in compression, that leaving it thick wouldn't hurt. Sorta like Howard Hill's old bows.
Finnish Native- It draws 66# at 27", exacltly 10 pounds less than my own ELB pulls now. Another reason I felt encouraged to name them similiarly :).
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Keagan,
great looking bow. I would love to try one of those at some point this year.
One question, why not just thin the bamboo more prior to glue up? What it because of the cutting of the tips?
Anyway, great bow and keep up the good work.
Rick
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I left the boo thick for two reasons: 1. I was using a thin Osage board, and wanted some weight from it, and 2. I really didn't know any better ;D.
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Keegan, that's a real Nocker, thatll nockm off thr feet.PK
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Thanks :). Hopefully my brother will be able to get one with it next year when season rolls around.
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Thats a great looking bow... i like it :)
and great name too... like everything about it... good job... ;)
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great looking bow... keep em coming Hawk a/ho
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wow. nice job. i would like to shoot a trad bow with that kind of draw. it must really hum em.
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Very well done. Nice bow.Ronnie
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Thanks everyone :).
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Very good job, Kegan.
Sean
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Thanks Half primitive :)