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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: YewArcher on May 23, 2008, 12:12:38 pm

Title: Snakey Osage D bow
Post by: YewArcher on May 23, 2008, 12:12:38 pm: here is my first Bow this year. I had to take the last 5 months off due to a Rotator Cuff injury:

Osage Orange 67" N to N
56#@28"
Linen String
Linen Grip
No finish but will get bees wax and linseed oil as soon as it gets a bit warmer.

Unstrung Profile:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/yewarcher/osage%20001%202008/unbraced.jpg)

Grain:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/yewarcher/osage%20001%202008/grain4.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/yewarcher/osage%20001%202008/grain3.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/yewarcher/osage%20001%202008/grain2.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/yewarcher/osage%20001%202008/grain1.jpg)

Braced:

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/yewarcher/osage%20001%202008/braced.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/yewarcher/osage%20001%202008/bracedhanging.jpg)

Grip:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/yewarcher/osage%20001%202008/grip.jpg)

Full Draw:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/yewarcher/osage%20001%202008/fulldraw.jpg)

Thanks for looking,

Good to be back

SJM
Title: Re: Snakey Osage D bow
Post by: hawkbow on May 23, 2008, 12:31:15 pm: Very nice looking bow, you bowyers always amaze me with your skills.. glad you are back .. Hawk
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Post by: Justin Snyder on May 23, 2008, 01:14:25 pm: Good looking bow. How wide is it? Justin
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Post by: DanaM on May 23, 2008, 01:34:22 pm: Full draw looks right on, nice character bow.
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Post by: El Destructo on May 23, 2008, 01:47:23 pm: Nice looking Bow.....all round and smooth....like the detail work...also like the use of the Wood Identication Book!!!!
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Post by: Dano on May 23, 2008, 01:55:40 pm: Nice job, love that woop-de-do.
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Post by: david w. on May 23, 2008, 02:07:12 pm: Nice Bow!! love the character and the tiller is great :)
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Post by: Gordon on May 23, 2008, 02:20:36 pm: You handled the character very well. The tiller looks excellent.
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Post by: OldBow on May 23, 2008, 02:30:59 pm: Great looking and skillfully made bow. Take care of that rotator, though. Your bow is #27 Self Bow for May.
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Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on May 23, 2008, 03:08:07 pm: Very nice arc on that full draw, I really like how you rounde those limbs, beautifull
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on May 23, 2008, 03:33:29 pm: Outstanding job! Jawge
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Post by: Dustybaer on May 23, 2008, 04:05:42 pm: beautiful bow.
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Post by: AndrewS on May 23, 2008, 06:40:49 pm: Good job! Congrats to that fine bow :)
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Post by: medicinewheel on May 23, 2008, 07:24:06 pm: certainly a lot of good bows coming this month!!
here's another one...
frank
Title: Re: Snakey Osage D bow
Post by: recurve shooter on May 24, 2008, 12:02:31 am: good lord i want one of those sooooo bad. im drooling. :'(
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Post by: ricktrojanowski on May 24, 2008, 09:01:37 am: What a beauty. Really like the rounded look to it. Tiller looks great.
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Post by: Pappy on May 30, 2008, 07:36:01 am: Sweet looking bow,don't know how I missed this one,love the character and tiller looks good.
Nice job on a tough piece of wood. :)
Pappy
Title: Re: Snakey Osage D bow
Post by: Marc St Louis on May 30, 2008, 08:22:18 am: Good looking bow. Well done
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Post by: cowboy on May 30, 2008, 09:57:27 am: She's a dandy. Love that yella wood and the grain in it.
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Post by: Keenan on May 30, 2008, 11:09:30 am: Very nice, Great job on a challenging piece of wood ;) Keenan
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Post by: YewArcher on May 30, 2008, 05:49:14 pm: Thanks guys, She is a good shooter. I have been enjoying this one. One thing that is of interst on this bow is the growth rings. They are by far the tightest growth rings I have seen on osage. Funy thing is is that it took more set then I would normally see in a bow of this style.

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/yewarcher/osage%20001%202008/grain4.jpg)

SJM
Title: Re: Snakey Osage D bow
Post by: mullet on May 30, 2008, 08:40:55 pm: Nice looking bow, it looked like a challenge. Tight growth rings will tend to take set like that from what I've seen. I'd watch that rounded belly. With all those curves and twists. I'd worry about a splinter lifting along the edge or a dip.
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Post by: cowboy on May 30, 2008, 09:06:18 pm: Hey yewarcher, just noticed the sinew you have pressed in the book on the vice. It looks dry, what's happenin with that? Just outa curiosity :).
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Post by: The Burnt Hill Archer on May 31, 2008, 12:56:56 am: beautiful! im workin on a hickory D bow right now, hope it comes out half as good as yours!

Phil
Title: Re: Snakey Osage D bow
Post by: YewArcher on May 31, 2008, 11:15:23 am: Mullet, I round all my bows that way. I am not at all worried about a splinter. Thanks for verifying the tight growth ring thought.

Cowboy, I always flatten my snew in that book prior to aplying. It keeps the sinew nice and straight. its the way that I prefer. There is not allot of pressure on that vice. Just enough to squish it a bit.

SJM
Title: Re: Snakey Osage D bow
Post by: El Destructo on May 31, 2008, 11:19:18 am: Quote from: YewArcher on May 31, 2008, 11:15:23 am

Cowboy, I always flatten my snew in that book prior to aplying. It keeps the sinew nice and straight. its the way that I prefer. There is not allot of pressure on that vice. Just enough to squish it a bit.

SJM

I believe that Paul was wondering what new Adventure you were planning with all of that Prepared Sinew........
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Post by: YewArcher on May 31, 2008, 12:08:30 pm: ohhh...yes....now I understand.

A picture is wort a thousand word:

That sinew went on 2 static recurves a few nights ago:

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/yewarcher/static%20recurves/100_5488.jpg)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/yewarcher/static%20recurves/100_5487.jpg)

I will have them tillered out in a few weeks.

SJM
Title: Re: Snakey Osage D bow
Post by: cowboy on May 31, 2008, 01:46:05 pm: Naw, I actually was wondering why you'd squish dry sinew ;D. But glad you thought otherwise Destructo - those static's are lookin good, like the way your holding them on the racks YewArcher. New ideas to try ;).
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Post by: YewArcher on May 31, 2008, 01:49:58 pm: I learned that from watching Gary Davis sinew bows.

SJM
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Post by: El Destructo on May 31, 2008, 09:50:36 pm: Yep....adds an instant Perry Reflex in it....before the Sinew ever starts to dry out!!
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Post by: cowboy on May 31, 2008, 09:55:36 pm: I shoulda spent more time around Gary at the Classic - too much agoin on. Now I gotta ask - how do you pull them into reflex on those blocks and what is that you have them tied with?
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Post by: YewArcher on May 31, 2008, 10:15:36 pm: I clamp them down and then tie them down with whatever i have on hand. Linen works best because it really wont stretch.

SJM
Title: Re: Snakey Osage D bow
Post by: cowboy on May 31, 2008, 10:37:43 pm: Thanks SJM. After the sinew dries, then the linen stays under the sinew? or do you not sinew over your tie down? OK - last question I swear ;D.
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Post by: Woodland Roamer on June 01, 2008, 09:46:00 am: Nice looking bow, I like your handle on that one.

Alan
Title: Re: Snakey Osage D bow
Post by: YewArcher on June 01, 2008, 04:43:34 pm: Cowboy, It just stays under the sinew. After the bow is cured you just snip the line and it will come off the jig. Then just trim the line close and leave it underneath.

SJM