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Offline doulosparachristos

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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2013, 09:43:15 pm »
lol you guys crack me up! that is one good looking bow, good job.

the other Roy ;)
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Offline missilemaster

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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2013, 09:59:20 pm »
Turned out looking really nice pearl.  The trick will be to keep it dry now.
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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2013, 10:01:43 pm »
I hear ya Cody. It has 6 coats spray satin and many coats of birchwood Casey wax.
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2013, 10:14:08 pm »
Another fine Pearly bow.  Great job on it buddy!
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2013, 10:21:11 pm »
Nice bow Pearl. 
I've made a few pignut hickory and if you keep them dry they can be real shooters.  I made a 60" ntn, 58# @ 28" and it really spits out a 500 gr arrow.  I kepted it dry during building with a piece of flexable metal dryer hose and a 100 watt light bulb at the bottom.  Kept the air flow through the hose/pipe just with the heat from the light bulb. and it really kept the wood dry.  I've got a unlimited amount of pignut hickory available so I'll be making more hickory bows.  I've trapped the backs on the last bows I build with good success.  One of the hic bows has a few frets (I think they are call that)on the belly at the top & bottom limb fades.  I hope it won't be fatal.  I'm not sure what caused it. Tiller looked good.  I'll get some pics and post them on another thread and maybe we can figure out what caused the frets.

Again nice bow,  I think there's other good bow wood other than osage.
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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2013, 11:31:48 pm »
Ahh Chris, I wish you wouldn't have posted the pics!   :o

And to think...  8)

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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2013, 11:37:06 pm »
I hear ya Cody. It has 6 coats spray satin and many coats of birchwood Casey wax.

I guess if it doesn't shoot, just Chrome it, or spray paint on it:) Or wax on wax off:)

Howdy Roy:)

Drummer Boy, just ask Uncle Roy and I'll build you a real shooten bow, Son:)
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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #22 on: February 19, 2013, 06:36:47 am »
Very nice,I have made and shot a lot of Hickory and have found they ant that bad if you will take a little extra care,keep them in a good dry place when not shooting and keep the waxed and they are fine. Good work on that one Chris. :)
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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #23 on: February 19, 2013, 06:41:37 am »
Pearl, when you can, would you get a couple of close up pictures of the trapped back?  I would like to see how you did it?
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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #24 on: February 19, 2013, 07:47:15 am »
 Hey Charlie...when we say "trap" or "trapped";its short for the word trapezoid. What your doing is making a trapezoid cross section with the back being the top narrower part....got it? Some woods can take more trapping than others....hickory can take the most due to its tensile strength
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #25 on: February 19, 2013, 08:02:25 am »
Thanks everybody but Roy and Chickenhawk, you guys dont count.

Charlie in essence trapping is nothing more than chamfering the backs edges. In this case I made about a 3/8" chamfer per side. That equaled about 1/3 of its total width.
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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #26 on: February 19, 2013, 08:08:24 am »
Yeah Chris I do understand, and Thanks for giving me the info Pearl.  I was just curious as to how deep or wide you do the trapping.  But I got it....thanks.
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Offline Josh B

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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #27 on: February 19, 2013, 10:16:35 pm »
That's a beauty Pearly! I do love me some hickory!  But then, its a considerably drier climate where I live. Josh
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Re: Pearly Boy's Hickory Bow
« Reply #28 on: February 20, 2013, 10:26:13 am »
Quote from: Stringman on February 18, 2013, 11:31:48 pm
Ahh Chris, I wish you wouldn't have posted the pics!   :o

And to think...  8)

Scott

Like Steve Perry from Journey always says, " Dont stop believin' " Scott!
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