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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: LittleBen on July 11, 2015, 10:02:45 am

Title: Bowyers in Upstate NY
Post by: LittleBen on July 11, 2015, 10:02:45 am

Hey PA

Looking to make contact with other Bowyers in upstate NY. I'm in Albany County.

Anyone else up in this area or anything reasonably close?

My regular travels take me as far west as Rome and as far south and east as the Island (north fork).

I would really like to try to get a group together for a meet-up/build day or a shoot or something like that.

Title: Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
Post by: Blaflair2 on July 11, 2015, 02:02:07 pm

I wanna say rblustous is from Albany, I'm in Ithaca. Neolithic man is also in ithaca

Title: Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
Post by: ajooter on July 11, 2015, 05:38:21 pm

I'm right in latham.  It would be fun to get together with some other bowyers sometime.

Title: Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
Post by: Saxton on July 12, 2015, 03:00:22 pm

I'm in Auburn

Title: Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
Post by: ajooter on July 12, 2015, 03:35:08 pm

Sounds like we can all meet somewhere centralized and makes some shavings and sawdust

Title: Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
Post by: Blaflair2 on July 12, 2015, 04:18:39 pm

Let me m ow if ya guys come up with something. Scarhand is just over the border in pa too

Title: Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
Post by: LittleBen on July 12, 2015, 09:50:38 pm

Does anyone have a shop that's suitable for something like this ... Few guys? My shop is a one car garage .... So that might not be the greatest ....

Could always meet somewhere outdoors, like state park or forestland or something ... Don't know if that'd be against the rules .... Doubt anyone would care. That obviously would limit the scale of the work to be done since there aren't gonna be vises for holding staves ...

Title: Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
Post by: johnfolchetti on July 13, 2015, 07:04:25 am

Russ Lusthaus is in Somers & I'm in Patterson. Also got a place out in Otsego County near Westford.

Title: Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
Post by: ajooter on July 13, 2015, 07:34:30 am

I got a stave press and a vise mount for the back of my truck we can make something happen....state park sounds like a good idea.  I only have a garage myself.

Title: Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
Post by: RBLusthaus on July 13, 2015, 12:42:34 pm

As John says, I'm in Somers, not near Albany, but it is not too far.  There is also a guy named Erich, not sure of his handle, who lives somewhere near Albany as well.  I keep being unable to meet up with him for a wood trade.    Probably one of the others who replied to this thread, as far as I know. 

We could also meet at a campsite for a nite?  We will end up with plenty of kindling for fire. 

Russ

Title: Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
Post by: bloodstone on July 13, 2015, 11:53:25 pm

I'm from Syracuse. I know of a guy that has a place in Pompey that he set up to be a bow makers workshop head quarters. My college did several workshops there for bow making through a group called primitive pursuits.

Title: Re: Bowyers in Upstate NY
Post by: Blaflair2 on July 14, 2015, 11:10:45 am

Tim is a cool dude. Primitive pursuits is a great program