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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: coaster500 on December 21, 2011, 11:50:57 pm

Title: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: coaster500 on December 21, 2011, 11:50:57 pm: This is #5 for me and has put me to the test and tried a couple of times to rest in the kindling box... It's knotty, lumpy with flat spots that don't bend perfect. It is too wide with handle splices to fix a mistake I made... But it really shoots sweet. How weird is that? I am such a novice and still don't understand the mechanics but for what ever reason this bow 56@27 (ouch for me) shoots as good as any bow in the rack and better than most??????

Anyway here are some pics. When I get it sanded and all dressed up I'll post a shooter video :)

Braced on the tiller stick

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/LumpyChittamwoodisaShooter004.jpg)

In the target closet

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/LumpyChittamwoodisaShooter001.jpg)

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/LumpyChittamwoodisaShooter002.jpg)

Before shooting 60 or 70 arrows

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/HandleSave004-1.jpg)

1 hour after shooting... took a little set

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/LumpyChittamwoodisaShooter005.jpg)

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/LumpyChittamwoodisaShooter002.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/LumpyChittamwoodisaShooter001.jpg)

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Learned a lesson about how wide or I should say narrow you can make a grip. I was pullin the string on my Chittumwood bow and had a slight angle on the string (it was on the tree) and I noticed the bow bending toward me not down!! Well needless to say that stopped everything. I had a chunk of Poplar that I use on the tips flattened the riser as best as I could and I praying it holds? Looks kind of cool but that's an accident :)

Here's the progress.... it's a lumpy thing

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/HandleSave006.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/HandleSave004.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/HandleSave008.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/HandleSave009.jpg)
Title: Re: Almost lost this one :(
Post by: Pat B on December 22, 2011, 01:24:46 am: Being able to identify a problem before it becomes a problem put you way ahead of most folks. The fact that you remedied that problem puts you at the top of the heap. Well done!
Title: Re: Almost lost this one :(
Post by: coaster500 on December 22, 2011, 04:18:07 am: Thanks Pat.... Just lucky so far

I was trying to get it to bend right just not that direction :)
Title: Re: Almost lost this one :(
Post by: Pappy on December 22, 2011, 07:12:09 am: Looks like a nice save.
Pappy
Title: Re: Almost lost this one :(
Post by: Del the cat on December 22, 2011, 08:34:58 am: By my definition, that makes you an expert.
I hate the term, but if forced to define it I'd say an expert is the man (or woman) who can put right their own mistakes.
I think that's a great fix and looks cool too. The whole bow looks great.
Happy solstice to everyone!
Del
(BTW... I didn't need to add (or woman) they don't make mistakes ;) ::) )
Title: Re: Almost lost this one :(
Post by: coaster500 on December 22, 2011, 12:30:04 pm: Thanks pappy, Del :)

"(BTW... I didn't need to add (or woman) they don't make mistakes )"

Del, did you know my X :o
Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: coaster500 on December 23, 2011, 12:16:05 pm: This is #5 for me and has put me to the test and tried a couple of times to rest in the kindling box... It's knotty, lumpy with flat spots that don't bend perfect. It is too wide with handle splices to fix a mistake I made... But it really shoots sweet. How weird is that? I am such a novice and still don't understand the mechanics but for what ever reason this bow 56@27 (ouch for me) shoots as good as any bow in the rack and better than most??????

Anyway here are some pics. When I get it sanded and all dressed up I'll post a shooter video :)

Braced on the tiller stick

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/LumpyChittamwoodisaShooter004.jpg)

In the target closet

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/LumpyChittamwoodisaShooter001.jpg)

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/LumpyChittamwoodisaShooter002.jpg)

Before shooting 60 or 70 arrows

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/HandleSave004-1.jpg)

1 hour after shooting... took a little set

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/LumpyChittamwoodisaShooter005.jpg)

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/LumpyChittamwoodisaShooter002.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/LumpyChittamwoodisaShooter001.jpg)

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Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: soy on December 23, 2011, 09:26:26 pm: Nice save ;D looks cool 8) that target looks like it would be the answer to my problems!!! Where dose one find one of those???looks like that one may have been a club bale
Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: mullet on December 23, 2011, 10:32:18 pm: Myself,, I'd say it was the "mostest, bestest, bow I ever made". ;D That's what I thought when I got my first one shooting and got enough nerve to post it for all to see. It broke three months later but I still have the bottom limb.
Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: Elktracker on December 23, 2011, 11:10:28 pm: Great looking bow and I agree great fix! Looks cool! Look forward to a video ;D

Josh
Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: coaster500 on December 24, 2011, 12:14:01 am: Thanks guys.... I really thought this one might go BOOM!!!

Soy the target came from the local indoor range and pro-shop. They replace their targets every so often and I put my name in for one... They still cost but only about a third of the cost new. The shed keeps the sun and rain from killin it.

Mullet I hope this one doesn't break because I've got a friend in mind for it once I get it dressed up. I figure it's a good match for him. He does a good job in the hills with his own knotty limb :)

Josh I'll try in the next week or so for the video.
Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on December 24, 2011, 10:06:38 am: Anybody can make a piece of wood LOOK like a bow, I wanna see it BOWED!........................"Come on man!"

P.S.

I want to go muley hunting where you do.....
Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: George Tsoukalas on December 24, 2011, 10:47:03 am: Nice bow, Coaster. Congratulations! :) Jawge
Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: k-hat on December 24, 2011, 11:10:46 am: Lookn good Coaster! Never heard of that wood type, but it sure is pretty, can't wait to see the finished pics AND full draw!!! :D
Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: coaster500 on December 24, 2011, 02:01:00 pm: Thank you all...

Chris I need my wife’s camera skill. I still haven't learned how to use my toes :) Those bucks came out of north eastern Montana.... lot's of deer and a general tag. The last part of the season they rut pretty hard and give a guy a better chance at getting close. It's pretty much all public land in the breaks and a 50/50 draw for a tag. I like to hunt an old mine where the state made the mining company plant winter wheat on the slides. It gives the deer food and is surrounded by timber to help with set-ups.

George means a bunch coming from the professor but Chris is right and I'll post some picks full draw of old Lumpy when I can. I'll also try for a Video. I like the Videos as you can stop and start thru the whole cycle. Helps me see what's going on. This one looks a little weird drawn with all the knots but shoots great.

stixman, this is my 5th bow all with different woods. I would really like to find a pristine stave of Chittam and go for a perfect bend. The grain in this one everywhere but around the knots is absolutely straight and visibly defined.
Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: randman on December 24, 2011, 04:56:48 pm: Coaster, that is one really sweet looking bow! Those character knots give it a real flavor. Love the pistol grip look the handle splices give.
hmmmm............maybe an idea to use intentionally. hmmm....(thinking..thinking) That also opens a new possibility for a different way to join billets..........
hmmm....(thinking..thinking)

waiting..... waiting........ money shot?
Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: coaster500 on December 24, 2011, 06:24:28 pm: Thank you randman, the money shot is going to have to wait a bit.... I'm slappin a finish on "Old Lumpy" :)

Decided to do something dark....

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/FinishingoldLumpy003.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/FinishingoldLumpy004.jpg)
Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: coaster500 on December 25, 2011, 03:48:09 am: The grip n rest ...

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/FinishingoldLumpy008.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Chittamwood%20Wooly%20Buckthorn%20Bow%20Stave/FinishingoldLumpy003-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Well it shoots :) Almost lost this one :(
Post by: blackhawk on December 25, 2011, 05:58:34 am: Well that finished up plain jane pretty ;).....n it looks dry now....so show me the money >:D....lol :laugh: