Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: osage outlaw on January 19, 2011, 07:10:05 pm
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Today the wife was working, the kids were at school, and I didn't have anything to do except spend all day in the bow shop. My day started a little before 8:00 am. I mounted my grandfathers old vise to my workbench so I can have two to work with. A friend is coming by later to work on his first bow.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11213.jpg)
After that, I put a deer skull in to soak in some hot soapy water, then got started on chasing a ring on the back of an osage stave. This stave is for a trade I have going on.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11217.jpg)
Sometime around 10:00 my friend showed up with his Hackberry bow. I set him up in the vise and got out another drawknife. He started thinning down the limbs.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11223.jpg)
I started removing the bark and sapwood on another stave. This one is going for the same trade as the other one. I received a full tanned deer hide plus a couple of smaller pieces. I want to make a quiver out of it. Don't laugh at my poor excuse of a bench. It works.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11222.jpg)
After he got the limbs thinned down some, he went to the belt sander to smooth out the belly and sides a little.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11224.jpg)
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Yup that was a good day ;D
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Time for lunch.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11226.jpg)
This stave has some amazing color to it. I have made 2 other bows out of this same tree and they have had the same colors, just not as much as this stave. It should make a beautiful bow. All of the sapwood has been removed plus a couple more rings below it.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11228.jpg)
Around 3:00 my friend had to call it a day. He did a lot of scraping and rasping and it is reallly starting to look like a bow. We will start tillering it the next time he comes over.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11230.jpg)
I finished removing the bark and sapwood on the stave. It looks great.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11232.jpg)
I went back to work on chasing a ring on the other stave. I want to leave a thin layer of early wood on it so he can just sand it off and be ready to go.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11235.jpg)
We made a decent size pile of shavings today.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11240.jpg)
I had to hurry and get it swept up before the kids got home at 4:00. I have a nice mound of shavings and scraps going.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11243.jpg)
Tomorrow, I will have about 4 hours to spend working in the shop.
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looks like a fun productive day to me... got me wanting a Rice Krispy Treat too. :)
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That is a pretty stave - congrats on pulling a friend down into the madness with you ;D -his bow's lookin' good
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Nice ! I got to have a couple of days like yours real soon to finish a BL i'm working on. Good pictures ' Frank
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Ok im jealous I wish I could have been in the shop all day, That Osage is very pretty looking. I have a trade I hope goes through a vine maple stave for some Osage billets but havent heard back in a while this makes me want to try to get the ball rolling. Nice shop ;D
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Looks like a good day,nothing like a day in the shop,just you and the wood. I don't get much of that anymore but when I do it is special. :)
Pappy
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You've made us all jealous now!
Looks like you had a fine time. It's great to still be using that old vice, I like old tools.
Del
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That reflexed stave looks awesome. Jim
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The kids are home today thanks to a bunch of snow, so I haven't got any work done today. I might be able to sneak out for a few minutes later. Who knows, might be too much snow to go to work tonight ;D.
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Lol, i cant wait for a rice crispy treat and some bow time! the wife and son are visiting the inlaws for the weekend so i've got lots of spare time coming up. now all i need is a bowshop, the bow-livingroom gets messy pretty fast :)
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Way too much snow to go to work. Guess I'll have to stay home and work on bow stuff for a couple of hours. ;D
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11250.jpg)
I finished up the two staves for the trade. I used the bandsaw and a drawknife to take them down a little so I can save on shipping.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11244.jpg)
Now to start spitting out some more.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11246.jpg)
I ended up with 4, including one belly split out of that piece. I have another trade going on, I think I will use the one on the left.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11248.jpg)
I was looking over the 4 split staves and noticed I have a nice character split in one about 14" from the end. That will make one unique bow if I can make it work.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/clintanders/SDC11252.jpg)
The kids are home from grandma's house so my work day is over.
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Lucky :P nice wood
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Good stuff. Thanks for sharing. Jawge
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Looks like a good day to me. I don't have a shop and do most of my work outside on a bench I built Its good to ahve a buddy thats trying to build one as well. Thanks for sharing. Danny