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Around the Campfire / Re: update pics of my head
« Last post by sleek on November 25, 2025, 06:25:31 pm »What are the exercises? My wife got a concussion years ago, She cant bend over to 90° without getting dizzy.
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Bows / Re: Tiller check
« Last post by Fox on November 25, 2025, 01:50:32 pm »Thanks y’all! Appreciate the help! I was getting in my head about whether I was close or not 
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Around the Campfire / Re: update pics of my head
« Last post by Pat B on November 25, 2025, 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 November 25, 2025, 11:50:50 am »The sled
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Bows / Re: Big Osage tree
« Last post by osage outlaw on November 25, 2025, 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 November 25, 2025, 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 November 25, 2025, 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 November 25, 2025, 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 November 25, 2025, 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.
Your Knox is just fine.
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Bows / Re: Hopefully Worth the Effort
« Last post by Eric Krewson on November 25, 2025, 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;
The bow as found in Chattanooga;