1st Annual PA Invitational 2016

[bubbles]

Wow. Very exciting to see what's being made here.  Seems like this will be a pretty epic trade.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Glad to see you have an open mind enough to realize what this swap is meant to be, and not what a few guys around here think it is.

[ty_in_ND]

I think it'll be great to see all of the work, as well.  It's already shaping up to be a great time browsing through all the posts and pics!  It's good to know plenty of people from one trade has expressed interest in the other trades, too. 

I have a feeling with 3 trades going on, it'll make looking at the Bow of the Month fun!

[Pat B]

Well, I got off my boney arse and started.    I found a splinter that came off another stave that was too big to throw away or make kindling out of. It's osage, 60" t/t and 3/4" at the widest. It has a couple of layers of sapwood on the back but I haven't decided if I'll leave it on or not. I was thinking about deflexing the handle and sweeping the limbs into reflex from there. If I can keep it stable I don't think I'll have trouble making weight. I'll post a few pics a bit later.

[PatM]

Potential pieces gathered. Some hickory  backing strips in there too but I'll probably go with the Ash. It's a lot more cured.

[osage outlaw]

I dug all the way to the bottom of my private stash and set aside a handful of staves.  After looking them over closely I narrowed it down to these two.  Both have knot holes in them.  One is dark red and was cut sometime in the 90's.  The other came from BlackHawk.  I'm getting ready to cut them to rough bow dimensions and then start chasing a ring.

[simson]

Why that hurry fellers?
Cool down, the date is July 15. Not next week ...   

O.K., interesting what you all are doing.
I'm not sure what I should build for my repicient ...

[Josh B]

Simon it's not that I'm in a hurry so much as its a point that all my higher priority projects are in my truck...which is broke down again in a shop out on the road and I just came home.  So I started on this to keep out of the house and away from daycare diaper duty.  Now that's a crappy job!  Anyway here's the first candidate.  A pair of yew billets that Ryan sent me.  They're about 20 to 30 rpi and have just a little wiggle to them.  Initially I planned to straighten them out, but decided the bow should reflect the bowyer somewhat so I left it a little bent and twisted.  I have the sleeves fitting nicely, but not glued in and I'm getting close to floor tiller.  Here's the progress so far.  Josh

[wizardgoat]

Wow there's some sweet projects going on.
Josh, very cool to see those billets being put to use!

[PEARL DRUMS]

Lots of take down recipes so far, I dig, dig, diggity that!

[james parker]

pearly you gotta be from the throwback days,,,lol lol   dig,diggty,dig hahaha,,, you ole hippy you

you ever watch dobbie gillus???

[PEARL DRUMS]

Im not old enough to be a true blue collar hippy, but do have a few hippy tendency's

 

[james parker]

ok just hippy at heart

[mullet]

James, as old as he is the closest he got to Dobie Gillis is Gilligan's Island.

I'm having a hard time deciding what to go with. I have a nice piece of Cascara and a piece of Hackberry and of course, Osage. I've never worked Hackberry or Cascara, might just try something different.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Funny you mention that Eddie, Im watching Gilligans Island right now, no BS. Been recording it for a while!