Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Phscervey on December 21, 2018, 08:15:25 pm
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New member to the website, making my first bow with jeffp51!
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Welcome to PA. We love pics here so don't let us down. :OK
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Noah is a young man from around the corner from me. A while back he asked me when I was going to make a bow for him. I said I wasn't going to do that, but if he wanted to come over, I would help him make his own. The stave is one I received from Mullet in exchange for a Bear Kodiak -- it was a monster piece of osage that I was able to split into three very nice staves. We decided the belly split might have too much character for a first bow, but it does have some interesting stripes that I hope survive, and might end up with a hole through it. . . but I digress.
Noah's stave is from the top and also looks like a beautiful piece of wood with good color and good rings. It is about 65" long and we are starting at 1.5" at the fades and parallel out about 2/3 of the way and tapering from there. He has taken off the sapwood and chased a ring on the back. Today we got the rough layout done. I will let Noah tell you what he thought of the process, but since some here don't read too good, here are some pictures.
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One more. By the end of the rough out, he was getting pretty good with the draw knife and raising some beautiful curls.
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Very cool!,
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Looks like you are doing a good job with great help! Keep posting progress pics! Nice shirt for the german speaking members too ;D
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Looking good! He is lucky to have a teacher so close.
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Welcome Noah. Looking forward to your progress. Listen to your teacher and remember your best tool is patience. :OK
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That's really a fantastic introduction Phscrevey. Nice Jeff, way to pass it on. Noah your going to be so glad Jeff didn't just build you a bow. ;)
Bjrogg
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thats lookin great
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Welcome to the addiction, you have a good teacher there, good luck
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Phscervey....Welcome to the addiction bud.Gotta agree with your teacher though some on here don't read too well so be patient.
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Way to go! Jawge
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Welcome, your first bow is looking very good, nothing like having someone that knows what they are doing to help, good for jeffp51 on passing it on. Look forward to seeing it all finished up. :)
Pappy
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Yup, passing it on, the first 20 years are the hardest ;) :o ::) >:D
Just kidding, you'll enjoy the ongoing learning process, and you can't beat the feeling of that first arrow from a bow you made yourself!
We never stop learning, I just hope I'm learning faster than I'm forgetting ;D
Del
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Welcome Noah. Looks like you have a great start on your first bow. I am sure that with a teacher like Jeff by your side, your first bow will turn out great. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
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Welcome aboard, Noah! You are real lucky to have a mentor so close. Remember, patience is your first tool, measure twice and cut or scrape once, and the only dumb question is the one you don't ask! I'm sure Jeff will tutor you on things like keeping your tools sharp and your fingers out of the way :BB >:D (lol)! Good luck, it is real neat to finish your own first bow!
Hawkdancer
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We've got a couple more years on you, that's all! Btw, And thanks to Jeff for passing it on!
Hawkdancer
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Noah and I have alternated between reducing the limbs and doing heat adjustments. first we used a wet cloth wrapped in foil to align the handle with the tips. That was a few days ago. with the limbs starting to move a bit it was time to recurve the tips and straighten out some of the wonkiness from one of the limbs. It is starting to look like a bow.
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That's looking like it's gonna be one very nice first bow. Really great to see.
Bjrogg
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That's gonna be a beaut of a bow.Unique large C clamps too with the butterfly wings.How old would those be?
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Nice to see a young person use his hands for something besides texting and gaming .
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That's gonna be a beaut of a bow.Unique large C clamps too with the butterfly wings.How old would those be?
Not sure how old the clamps are. Pretty sure I got them from my grandfather's workshop when he passed away. I had to clean them up a little, but some WD-40 made a huge difference.