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Title: New bow building tool
Post by: Ted Fry on January 07, 2010, 05:19:00 PM
Check out the new Stave Press we have here at Raptor Archery , in the web page under bow building tools. What a great idea.
(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x295/photos4work/stavepress.jpg)
Title: Re: New bow building tool
Post by: No-sage on January 07, 2010, 05:30:00 PM
Looks cool Ted.

Is there any padding to protect the bow's back?

I really like the fact that it can swivel.

Thanks.
Title: Re: New bow building tool
Post by: Ted Fry on January 07, 2010, 05:44:00 PM
Good point , better add that to the description.
Yes , it has a piece of rubber to protect the back as well as to help hold it firm.
Title: Re: New bow building tool
Post by: Dano on January 07, 2010, 05:53:00 PM
Great idea, it would work well bolted to a bench to set at too. Us old fellers gotta set down once and a while.   :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: New bow building tool
Post by: soopernate on January 07, 2010, 06:31:00 PM
Just saw the same thing in the 3 Rivers Catalog...pretty cool lookin tool
Title: Re: New bow building tool
Post by: frank bullitt on January 07, 2010, 06:55:00 PM
Yeah, Jim Hamm said the same thing about the "Workmate" over 20 years ago! I got one of those ,too!    :biglaugh:
Title: Re: New bow building tool
Post by: Ted Fry on January 07, 2010, 07:20:00 PM
I never did like the workmate, tried it but it was not for me, when traveling I use a bowyers bench but here at the store I use both a standard vise as well as the Stave Press, real nice to be able to take it off my work bench and real quick mount it on the post outside  to pile all the wood chips out back.
Title: Re: New bow building tool
Post by: TNstickn on January 07, 2010, 07:47:00 PM
:thumbsup:
Title: Re: New bow building tool
Post by: bigcountry on January 07, 2010, 10:04:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by frank bullitt:
Yeah, Jim Hamm said the same thing about the "Workmate" over 20 years ago! I got one of those ,too!     :biglaugh:  
My workmate kills my back
Title: Re: New bow building tool
Post by: Pat B on January 07, 2010, 11:59:00 PM
Cool idea, Ted. Why didn't I think about that! d;^)
Title: Re: New bow building tool
Post by: Brently on January 08, 2010, 12:25:00 AM
I used that very stave press in a bow building class it worked great, if you whittle out bows this really works slick!