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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Timo on March 06, 2009, 06:01:40 pm
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Took the day off to day.I had to go to therapy.:)
Well of coarse cutting bow wood...what other kind of therapy is there? :)
Found this tree last week while on a sojourn.Covered with moss and down for 2 years,due to an ice storm. I new it had some character, and was pleased how it came out. Most turn their noses to staves as such, but I like um,and these are good ones!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Timotoad/bow%20build%2009/003-1.jpg)
Check out the rings..very nice indeed.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Timotoad/bow%20build%2009/001.jpg)
Here is todays haul.Kinda wore this old man out.
rt to left:3 coffee tree staves------Blackhaw,(the biggest I've ever seen)----and osage.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Timotoad/bow%20build%2009/005.jpg)
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grrr. Now i need some therapy. You're making me jealous. But i can;t wait to see the bows! :)
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i happen to think their beautiful,and those rings ;D ;D,bonus pay.
chuck
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Nice haul, Tim. Anyone that doesn't like those beautiful staves need therapy!
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yupyup you just made me jelous :)
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That's some fine looking wood ya got there. I especially like the one on the far right. I hope the worms didn't get very far into it.
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Looks like some nice stuff to me Timo :) Would love to try that Folgers wood ;)
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Dana, I sent you a pm. You need to email me.
Went a lil to heavy today.Think I mighta stretched my hernia fix... Gonna relax tomorrow,got me some tonkin cane today,started straightnin them,started putting the finish on 2 new bows tonight.Be busy with them to. Then I might just kinda sit there with a cup o joe,stare at them staves and knapp a point?
(yall jealous) :)
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not about your hernia! ;D
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Timo I thought I replied but I see my e-mail was sitting in my outbox ??? Oh well it sent now.
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Tim,
Don't eff around w/ that hernia boy. I busted an outie where my innie used to be, right where my incision from last year stops, and to be honest I ain't sure how. I ain't been exactly bashful since then, but not exactly up for a whole lot of power lifting either. Drs spectulating on whether it could have even been while straining w/ the abdomenal cramps from the Chemo. Either way it means I gotta get it fixed once I'm done. Bummer. And I know other fellars that have re-injured.
I envy you the stamina to go wood cutting. It's just about my fave thing to do, and pretty much w/in a week or two of right now is my fave time.
Nice looking haul. I hope to get a look at the back on a couple today, that I've had cut a while. Hope to see some wiggle like yours do. Good character wood may be the one thing that keeps me coming back to osage, and selfbowyering. Heck if I wanted right and regular, I'd fetch me a sawn core and boo backing.
Blackhaw huh? Gonna have to study up on that one. Has bark kinda like a redbud or dogwood, but looks like darker wood.
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Nice haul Timo. I got the wood cutting bug bad! :o
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You guys who live in Osage Country are so spoiled ;D (OldBow from Montana)
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Good to see you are up and at it Mims. I'm mindful of when I need to quit. Today is a lazy day for me.
Old bow, I am spoiled,plum rotten on osage. I can look out my kitchen winder and see 1/2 dozen trees that I have been pruning on for 10 yrs now. They were just lil tikes when I started on um. Someone is gonna love me some day.:)
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Good job on your little garden, good for you, and nice haul, they look primo to me. Nice rings and character makes them better. kenneth
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That's some twisty wood Tim.
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I can see wood wasp holes, hope they don't go too deep.
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That is some ugly wood brother!! Ougta make some dandy bows. BTW I just don't see you bein lazy, take it easy!!!!
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Nice stuff Timo, love the character and large ring structure. You coming to MOJam? I smell some trade goods.
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My hernia scar and back are glad they weren't involved in this expedition Timo, but the rest of me will be interested to see what you get from this. Especially the Coffee Tree...
Rich-
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o.o i need that kind of therapy big time lol.
nice ones, cant wait :P
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Eric there are a few grub holes, but they are not to deep.
Shaun, I may keep this wood for myself. :)
Rich, There is another fella on here that is gonna get one of them coffee staves,You might see a bow from it sooner than you think. The one I broke was force dried in 2 weeks. My main bow building time is bout over. Work has gotten better,so will loose shop time. I.m finishing up a couple right now, and have some arrows going. Gotta write a piece for the magazine,about those.:)
AND.......I have a logger that is cutting out a 1/4 mile hedge row this week. I marked a dozen trees last week and none of them were smaller tha a five gal bucket. Gonna have a bunch sawed into slats, so I may have a bunch of good lams for all you glue up guys.:)
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Nice haul,good looking rings,twisty don't bother me anymore,you can turn that stuff inside out if you need to.You are right good therapy. :)
Pappy
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Pappy I got some Osage Saterday, I never seen it before I hear that it does not rot ?Best wishes:>)PK