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Bows / Re: Bamboo-maple-horn, 98#@28"
« Last post by Tuomo on October 13, 2025, 10:54:38 am »More:
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Bows / Re: Bamboo-maple-horn, 98#@28"
« Last post by Tuomo on October 13, 2025, 10:53:23 am »More photos:
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Bows / Bamboo-maple-horn, 98#@28"
« Last post by Tuomo on October 13, 2025, 10:51:49 am »My newest bow, deflex-reflex bamboo (moso) backed, maple and ipe core, horn belly. It has osage powerlam, maple handle, white horn nocks and leather handle. Draw weight 98 pounds at 28 inch draw. Unfortunately, it is a bit too heavy for me...
Length is 156 cm (61,4") n/n, width 36 mm (about 1 3/8") and thickness after the power lam 15 mm (about 5/8"). Power lam length is 500 mm (about 20"). Weight is 695 grams. It took only about 20 mm (about 3/4") set.
I made the belly lam from five piece: in the middle is ipe (about 20 cm (8")), then horn and at the nock some osage. Belly lam and core are tapered before glueing, belly 0,002 and core 0,004. The taper was almost perfect, because the bow didn't need tillering, just width tapering and few strokes with a scraper.
I have not yet got any speed readings but watching a test shooter shooting with this bow, it seems to be quite fast..
Length is 156 cm (61,4") n/n, width 36 mm (about 1 3/8") and thickness after the power lam 15 mm (about 5/8"). Power lam length is 500 mm (about 20"). Weight is 695 grams. It took only about 20 mm (about 3/4") set.
I made the belly lam from five piece: in the middle is ipe (about 20 cm (8")), then horn and at the nock some osage. Belly lam and core are tapered before glueing, belly 0,002 and core 0,004. The taper was almost perfect, because the bow didn't need tillering, just width tapering and few strokes with a scraper.
I have not yet got any speed readings but watching a test shooter shooting with this bow, it seems to be quite fast..
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Around the Campfire / Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Last post by Eric Krewson on October 13, 2025, 10:02:37 am »I tried dehydrating and vacuum sealing squash this year; I didn't expect it to taste very good because when I opened the jar the squash smelled funky strong.
I tried it in my steamed vegetable mix and it was actually very good.
Yesterday I decided to fry some to see how it would turn out, I rehydrated it in a bowl of water first.
I rolled the rehydrated squash in mix Zatarain's of fish fry, flower and corn meal and fried it in olive oil with thinly sliced onion, I didn't bread the onion.
The finished fried squash was about the best I ever ate, I wish I had put up 10 jars instead of just 2, no more freezing squash for me, drying will be my go-to method of squash storage for me in the future.
I tried it in my steamed vegetable mix and it was actually very good.
Yesterday I decided to fry some to see how it would turn out, I rehydrated it in a bowl of water first.
I rolled the rehydrated squash in mix Zatarain's of fish fry, flower and corn meal and fried it in olive oil with thinly sliced onion, I didn't bread the onion.
The finished fried squash was about the best I ever ate, I wish I had put up 10 jars instead of just 2, no more freezing squash for me, drying will be my go-to method of squash storage for me in the future.
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Bows / Re: Wonky stave/ New bow
« Last post by Del the cat on October 13, 2025, 04:46:36 am »Clean simple bow, with a bit of character, just what I like 
Del
Del
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HowTo's and Build-a-longs / Re: First try at no horn asiatic - build along
« Last post by medicinewheel on October 13, 2025, 02:27:08 am »...
Hope the cherry wood can stand the compression!
I’m hearing a lot of mixed ideas about sinew increasing compression forces and also relieving compression by moving the neutral plane towards the back.
I’m sure it’s not a black and white answer and I suspect it can do both or one or the other depending on its application.
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Yes, of course!
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Bows / Re: Bow Of the Month for October entries
« Last post by sleek on October 13, 2025, 01:22:33 am »Man, I have a cool one in the pipeline that won't be ready for another month or so (if it doesn't explode). Can I enter one I finished last spring?
There is no way to verify when it was built, so... SURE! But if you dont mind, include some build photos and a little write up of it please
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Bows / Re: Bow Of the Month for October entries
« Last post by WhistlingBadger on October 13, 2025, 01:11:55 am »Man, I have a cool one in the pipeline that won't be ready for another month or so (if it doesn't explode). Can I enter one I finished last spring?
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Bows / Re: Wonky stave/ New bow
« Last post by WhistlingBadger on October 13, 2025, 01:10:04 am »Nice curves! That is a real beauty.
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by WhistlingBadger on October 13, 2025, 12:56:04 am »Progress! 
Thanks for keeping us posted, Pappy. Hang in there and hold on to your hope!
Thanks for keeping us posted, Pappy. Hang in there and hold on to your hope!