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Around the Campfire / Re: update pics of my head
« Last post by Pat B on Today at 11:52:18 am »
Thanks, Marc. I went to my Dr last week and he gave me some exercises for the dizziness. After 3 sessions of the exercises the dizziness disappeared. I'm on my 12th session now. I'll talk to my Dr today to let him know how well it worked.
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Bows / Re: Big Osage tree
« Last post by osage outlaw on Today at 11:50:50 am »
The sled
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Bows / Re: Big Osage tree
« Last post by osage outlaw on Today at 11:45:34 am »
I’m having trouble attaching pictures
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Bows / Re: Big Osage tree
« Last post by osage outlaw on Today at 11:41:30 am »
Here is a picture of my splitting stand. I didn’t like bending over all day working on them.  I would split them into chunks small enough to handle right after cutting.  I sealed the ends multiple times with glue or polyurethane. I would leave them stacked in my garage and split them down into staves when I had time. I would recommend removing the bark and sapwood while it’s fresh.  It gets much tougher once it dries. Seal the backs a couple times as well.  If you leave the bark on you risk borer damage.  I made a log sled to pull behind my UTV.  It made them slide over the ground much easier. 
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Around the Campfire / Re: update pics of my head
« Last post by Marc St Louis on Today at 10:47:59 am »
First time I hear of this Pat.  Glad you're OK.  I nearly got clonked on the head like that a few years ago, the limb just missed me.
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Bows / Re: Fire Hardening
« Last post by Marc St Louis on Today at 10:45:25 am »
Not sure what you mean by "fire hardening".  Heat-treating is essentially the fire hardening of wood.  If not done properly though "heat-treating" can be nothing more than changing the surface wood's structure and that really does nothing for a bow.  Proper heat-treating of a bow is a process that takes several hours to do.  Osage and BL certainly benefit from heat-treating but they react a bit differently to heat and you have to keep a close watch on what's happening with the wood, I suspect it may have something to do with the oils in the wood
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Primitive Skills / Re: stinky gelatin/hide glue
« Last post by Eric Krewson on Today at 10:03:45 am »
All hide glue smells, I had used commercial hide glue initially before I switched to Knox. The commercial stuff had a stink to it when it was wetted, I knew Knox was real hide glue when I wetted it and had the same funky smell as the stuff I had used used before.

Your Knox is just fine.
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Bows / Re: Hopefully Worth the Effort
« Last post by Eric Krewson on Today at 09:55:15 am »
The guy who found the bow in Chattanooga bought it, I letter all of my bows so he tracked my name down and asked me about the bow. I keep a log book on the bows that I have made but the glue line in the handle was a dead give away on this one. URAC 185 was the most amazing glue I ever used, I used it in this bow fix.

The bow as found in Chattanooga;

 
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Bows / Re: Tiller check
« Last post by Pappy on Today at 09:51:44 am »
Looks mighty good to me also, with that little wave in the right limb it is easy to be fooled, I usually look at it from both sides and that will tell the story. :)
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: Hopefully Worth the Effort
« Last post by Eric Krewson on Today at 09:48:29 am »
Arvin's patch leaves a lot of non bending wood below the patch to keep the handle section stable.

I would be surprised if your patch doesn't turn loose, you removed a LOT of the strength of the handle, I hope I am wrong. Even non bending handles stress and bend some even if it is a small amount. I have tried patches in the limbs, the patches would hold up for a couple of years and then turn lose.

I glued patches into this this handle just of see if I could get away with it because the rest of the stave was really good osage, I bamboo backed the bow to add a another layer of stability to the handle. I sold the bow cheaply, 15 years later it surfaced in an archery shop in Chattanooga, still in shootable condition

I started with this;
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