Trad Gang

here is who I have and your basic data. PM Sticks if I screwed up something.

Bowyer       Type of Bow    Draw Weight   LH or RH
Trux Turning   Glass       45-55# @28"      RH
Jsweka           Glass        50-60# @28"   RH
Pete W           Self       40-55# @27"      RH
psychmonky   Self   45-55#@27"   RH
PrimitiveSniper66 Self   50-55#@28"   RH
Millhimes   Glass or COM   45-55#@28   RH
RECURVE319   Self   45-50# @27"   RH
Wood carver 2   BB or Tri lam   45-55# @28"   RH
eagleone   wood   45-55# @29"   RH
CardboardDuck   Glas or COM   45-55# @28"   RH
D   BBI   50-60# @28"   RH
macbow   BBI   50-55# @27"   RH
coaster500   Self   45-50# @28"   RH
Dan Landis   Self   55-60# @28"   RH
rmorris   Glass   40-50# @30"   RH
John Scifres   Osage Self   45-50# @27"   RH
KeithG   Self   45-55# @28"   RH
KellyG   Self   45-55# @27#   LH
Walt Francis   Glass/ Wood   45-65# @28/29H/LH
red hill   BBO or BBH   45-55 # @26"   LH
SportHunter   Self   48-55@ @28"   RH
bowhntineverythingnh03743 BBO/Self 45-55 @28"   RH
canopyboy    Glass   50-60# @ 29"   RH
David Flanrey   Glass   50-55# @27"   RH
whossbows   Glass   45-50# @28"   RH
rainman    Self   45-55# @28"   RH
Heartlandbowyer   glass   50-55# @28"   RH
Citycop   wood   45-55# @29"   LH
chachamooby   board   45-60# @28"   RH
razorback   Wood   45-60# @29"   RH
dlnwohio   Glass   45-55# @28"   RH
timbermoose   Self   40-60# @29"   RH
Al Dean    Glass   40-50# @28"   RH
BrushWolf   Glass   50-60# @29"   RH
Jake Fr   osage take down   45-55# @28   RH
soy   Self   45-55# @28"   RH
bigbob2   glass   40-55# @28"   RH
Trapper Rob   Self   45-55# @28"   RH
Buck Buckley   Glass   45-55# @28"   RH
k-hat    Wood   50-60# @28"   RH
goobersan   Glass   45-60# @28"   RH
NightHawk   Glass   55-60# @28"   RH
Troy D. Breeding    Glass   55-60# @29"   RH
Sacred mt    Self   50-60# @27"   RH
BrushWolf   Glass   50-60# @29"   RH
Ranger44   Wood   40-50# @28"   RH
Goose Gosett   Self   50-55# @29"   RH
Dmaxshawn   Glass   45-55# @28"   RH
kennym   Glass   45-50# @28"   RH
Jim Rocole   Glass   50-60# @28"   RH
Swissbow   Glass   60-65# @27"   RH
Thadbow   Glass   45-60# @27"   RH
4est trekker   Self   35-40# @26"   RH
Steven Russell   Self   50-60# @28"   RH
GentlemanArcher   Glass   45-50# @28"   RH
monterey   Glass   35-40# @28"   RH
kevin_h   BBO   40-50# @ 27"   RH
burnt   Osage Self   45-60# @26"   RH
LittleBen    BBI   45-55# @26"   RH
Juan   Osage   45-50# @28"   
BrianO   Osage or wood lam   50-60# @ 28"   RH
inksoup    wood   50-55# @28"   RH
L.Bullington   wood   45-55# @30"   RH
REBbowhunter   Self   40-45# @28"   RH
DVSHUNTER   Osage Self   50-60#@ 28"   RH
jtbluefeather871Hickory or BBI   40-50# @28"   RH
Cuban Missile   Wood    50-60# @28.5"   RH
dinorocks   Self   45-50# @26"   RH
caleb0100    Osage/BBO 55-60# @27"   RH
mjwhitby   Osage   50-60# @27"   RH
talkingcabbage   Glass   45-55# @28"   RH

Ok it is a bit jumbled

oh and if you dont see your name let us know for sure. I did not leave anyone out on purpose.

Bushwolf looks like yo are making 2 bows... Hope I get one of them

Sent sticks a pm   :archer:

not sure how that list reads Kelly. I'm down as glass 40-55#. does that mean what I'm making or gettin?I'd prefer wood or self bow back to me but will be happy with anything from 40# to 55#

Bob the list Kelly posted is what you are building. If it's wrong just let me know.

I'm working on getting it all sorted out and will start sending out the victims list ASAP. I work six days a week and time is limited. At the very latest everyone will have their info by sunday evening.

And a BIG thanks again to Stiks & Kelly for their time and effort with the swap. I believe it's very clear how much it means to all, and how much fun we are going to have.

QuoteOriginally posted by psychmonky:
Lol we have a saying in my line of work: slow is smooth and smooth is fast.

Don't get in a hurry or you will end up having to fix mistakes or start over!

Exactly.  And that's why I want to get ahead on this one.  Finishing at or into the grace period wasn't a function of taking my time over 6 months.  But rather it was procrastinating until the last month or two when you do tend to hurry and you propbably have too many other things going on as well.  Aiming for April gets a person started sooner which lets you take a little more time.  An artificial deadline in April doesn't put the same pressure on a person that the real one in July does.

Now I'm confused.....

What Kelly listed for me is what I'm hoping to get.

I'll build a glass recurve in left or right hand and in any weight.

Troy

I believe the list reads... Your name-> what you are making-> and your draw weight.

I believe Ralph is correct

Looks good in my book! This is killing me reading all these names and not knowing who I am getting to build for.... you guys must like watching us all squirm... I know I would LOL!!!

Thanks guys for starting this trade up again this year... looking forward to starting!

I think Troy has it correct.

Am as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs!!!!

Not waiting to see who my recipient is!  Am going to build an experimental (for me) glass lam bow.  Expect to build at least three all wood prototypes before starting on the real thing.  First one is already started!

First builders of this style were working at it about 9500 BP.  Hope the end product is not too much of an insult to them!  :eek:  

So, whoevers name comes down, hope you don't mind being a guinea pig!

Only three lefties? What's wrong with the rest of ya'll? Suppressed hand-dominance? It's okay to be left handed, guys!

I'm beginning to understand why the world is so messed up...LOL!

What has been the most rewarding and/or exciting part of the bow swaps for everyone? Receiving or Giving?

Giving.  Hands down.  Just wish I could actually meet up with the recipient in person to watch 'em shoot it.

Not that receiving isn't good though too.  I've been very happy with the two I've received, they're awesome and have both been well excercised.

Not having done this previosly, I can't answer which is more rewarding. I can however, definitivly state that I care more about what my recepient thinks of the bow I build them, (hope they like it!)compared to the one I get. The best part about this site is, I get the distinct feeling EVERYONE on here feels the same way. Good group. Good times!

For me it is making something for someone who I can only hope will appreciate the effort. I'm no great bowyer so my bows are not the greatest out there by anyone's assessment. It is the joy of giving that drives me. I don't remember once seeing a post by anyone complaining about the bow they got, even though I know not all bows are of great quality.
My second favorite part of the swap is the anticipation. Waiting for the name of your recipient, waiting to get your bow and for me the best, waiting for the post from my recipient once he gets the bow I made him.
I love this swap.

I have been thinking that I should make a different design on my riser for this swap so I spent the last two mornings working on the patterns for my sander!  I dug out a smoking pc of curly maple and got everything ready. All that I need now is a name!  :dunno:

This is my first swap, but the best part for me so far is how much motivation it is to know that this bow is for someone else. I am already paying more attention to detail and quality than on any bow I've attempted for myself. I want whoever it is to be as proud to carry the bow as I am to send it to them.

Thanks Kelly for the reply and a massive thanks to yourself and sticks for sacrificing so much of your free time to stitch this whole deal together.It is much appreciated.

I enjoyed making a bow for someone else. It pushed me to make my best bow today. I also killed a nice doe with the bow I received last year which was really cool. It was also my first trad kill.

I made a bow for my 36 year old son for Christmas.  I was prettier, better and far more enjoyable to make than any bow I have made for myself.

Pretty much what I thought when I posed the question!
Razorback nailed it. This is my third swap and I don't remember seeing any negative posts about the bows received.
And it is definitely the anticipation of hearing from your recipient that makes the experience worthwhile.
I've also tried to put more effort, detail and care into the bows for someone else. Ain't that a hoot? I've made more bows for other people than for myself.
I agree with canopyboy, as well. I've received two fantastic bows! It's getting tough to decide which to take to camp, so I take both! But so far I've only scored with Keenan's ambush bow.
...Say! I didn't see Keenan's name on the list! Somebody is gonna miss out. Didn't see that Moffit's name either! Am I bad karma for you guys, or what?  :dunno:

WHEN ALL BOW ARE AT THERE NEW HOMES! That is the best part. Last years is not over just yet.

This list is the name of the bowyer building what they said they are building, and their draw stats.

I post it so yall can double check my work, heck I missed one whole bowyer. But that is better then last I think I missed 3.

Just let stiks know if you see errors. He has the list for now.

Just make the best bow you can and everything will work out great. Just remember don't let **** know when you get there name.  ;)

Also if you have not check page five and ensure your info is correct.

I can make a rh or left hand.listed as rh

During the second swap I had to teach myself to shoot right handed. I guess we do what we hafta!

Red the best part of the swap for me has always been pushing myself to do better than the last one and send her down the road.

The whole intention of this in the beginning was to encourage folks to build better bows to the best of their ability and it has been a 100% success.

Seen alot of super sweet bows over the last three years and seen alot of growth in the bow building community here on TG for sure.

Whossbow but you shot right; right. That is all that means is that you want a right handed bow.

Stiks it is a great tradition you have started and I believe this is the 4th annual tradgang bow swap.

This year we have 71 bowyers signed up. That is a great sign up.

Happy building to all.

Put em up, put em up!!!!

Gimeee a name, gimeee da name      :bigsmyl:

I got my name Kip, you didn't get yours?   :laughing:

Ralph you got a little mean in ya  :)

Kip, I think we all got our names already. Maybe they're trying to tell ya something    :dunno:

Naw really I think this like one of those "watched pot" scenarios. It will be boiling along nicely before we know it  :)

Scott, he may or may not be referring to the fake PM I send him titled "Bow Swap Name"... mean? possibly, but I have to do something to pass the time as I  rock back and forth staring at this computer screen..

Buahahahahaha. That's friggin' classic.

Yea Ralph used to be a nice guy  ....  hangs around Roy to much...     :biglaugh:

Just cut the slats this morning, was going to start the glue-up of the handle, but the garage needs to warm up...a bit chilly at 22deg...

I can't choose my materials or even a specific bow design until I can get my recipient's name and start researching them a little.  That's half the fun.  It's tough when you get someone who doesn't post much though, you kind of hafta guess a little...

Yes sir.

I can't decide what kinda cereal to eat in the morning, much less what kinda bow to make. Thats why instead of research I stick to blind stupifying ignorance and pray for good luck ... haha.

QuoteOriginally posted by canopyboy:
I can't choose my materials or even a specific bow design until I can get my recipient's name and start researching them a little.  That's half the fun.  It's tough when you get someone who doesn't post much though, you kind of hafta guess a little...

Yeah - I'm looking forward to start "Trad Gang Profiling/Stalking"

QuoteOriginally posted by jsweka:
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Yeah - I'm looking forward to start "Trad Gang Profiling/Stalking" [/QB][/QUOTE]

I'm glad I'm not the only one planning on creepin' around on others' posts!    :archer:

The names have started going out.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY AND OVER RUN MY MAILBOX OR PM BOX UNLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR INFO

Got my name.  Sorry Kris - I did send you a reply before I reading your post above.

Now, what to build, what to build.....

WooHoo!!! Got a name! Let the fun begin  :)

I got plan A roughed out this morning    :D  

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8375575269_97031e02df_z.jpg)

But I change my mind a lot    :knothead:

Got mine! Thanks Sticks.
Dave.

I would appreciate it if everyone would refrain from pointing out that they got their name before i do. Its just like gym class all over again.  :(

Tick tock, Tick tock,,,,,,,,

I know it's coming, but the wait??????  :bigsmyl:  

Troy

QuoteOriginally posted by razorback:
I would appreciate it if everyone would refrain from pointing out that they got their name before i do. Its just like gym class all over again.   :(  

You only have to wait until the other 70 people get their names.    :biglaugh:

I don't have mine either. Maybe I'm getting razor n he's getting me    :biglaugh:

QuoteYou only have to wait until the other 70 people get their names.

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That's just mean.  

As long as Stiks is up posting on this at 1:58 AM, I'll just go ahead and be patient!  :thumbsup:

So just got a PM titled your swap name. Well I called my daughter over, got all excited and it was just our buddy rmorris being funny. Ralph is mean and spiteful and I will have many hours with the therapist talking this one over. or i can just come up with some way of returning the favor.   :readit:    :readit:

Got mine! And got some materials in the mail already! This is gonna be fun.

Tony, blame ole sticks for not getting my name out first... ya know we could team up and return the favor to him together

Man I hope they haven't forgot about me.  :bigsmyl:

I keep checking back in for my name too. I met with a local bowyer yesterday and after I had him give me some history on a bow he made in 1958 I asked if he would help me build my first recurve for the swap and if it would be ok to try to bring back his unique limb design he came out with in 1964. He paused for a few minutes and smile and said that would be great! To say I'm excited is a understatement! Just need my recipients name now........

I sure am looking forward to getting my name. Thanks for all of the time you are putting in Stiks. David, sounds like you've got a good deal going on with your local bowyer, have a great time!

Ok ******* I will make you the best bow I can. Now to pic out my stave and get to work.

Well I got my name and now to do some creepin.

Ralph, don't think it is fair to throw ole sticky boy under the bus, poor lad works too hard. So I'll just have to file it away and have some cold pie later on.  :)

Got my name and now as Eric Church signs "CREEPIN.....CREEPIN"!!!

Got some good ideas!!!

Guess I am going to have to up my A game for ****.

Got my target, thanks Sticks & Kelly. Let the fun begin. Can we post pics as we biuld as long  as we dont tell who we are making the bow for?

QuoteOriginally posted by razorback:
So just got a PM titled your swap name. Well I called my daughter over, got all excited and it was just our buddy rmorris being funny. Ralph is mean and spiteful and I will have many hours with the therapist talking this one over. or i can just come up with some way of returning the favor.    :readit:      :readit:  

That is about the funniest thing I've seen for awhile.  Well played Ralph....

Looks like mine is there. Let the stalking begin.

Got my name! Now to get the materials and start on a bow!

Yes, Heartland. Pictures are very much desired. But if you're like me and can't operate photobucket, it gets tough.

QuoteOriginally posted by heartlandbowyer:
Can we post pics as we biuld as long  as we dont tell who we are making the bow for?

Posting your pictures is part of the fun!
dave.

Name finally arrived....

I may pull out all the stops on this one.

Hope ******* is happy with the final product.

Now the fun begans!!!!

Troy

Wow, stalking is turning out harder than I imagined for this person.  There are those who don't ever post hardly, and those that post but give very little away about themselves, and those that post so much you can't make heads or tails of what they would really like/use.

Well, at least I get an idea of what kinds of woods they like.  Maybe.  I think?

I really wanted to figure out if they were more of an recurve, r/d, or hill style person.  No luck so far....

David, sorry about that but I do like recurves.

The suspense is killing me!  :banghead:

Dangit Ralph,,, there you go again....

Your telling everyone what I like best!!!  LOL!!!

Troy

Whoever gets my name please pm me I have some special instructions.   :readit:

Troy I would love nothing more than to head out to the shop and start building but I don't have a name yet so i keep checking and running my mouth.

Wahoo just check and got a name. Time to start some planning.

Special Instructions?????

DVS your cracking me up!!!  :laughing:  

Troy

LOL  canopyboy you could be talking about the person I drew also or me.   :)   I don't post much I mostly read.  I can't find a whole lot more about my person than the specs I was sent.

I'm considering trying to build my first glass bow in the near future but don't think I'd do that for the trade bow.  I try to build something I would like to have but I'm open to most anything as I'm not too experienced in trad bows.  

I love archery and woodworking so building bows seemed like a logical thing to try but I'm really intrigued by some of the beautiful veneers people put under glass and the cool risers so I'll have to try it some day.  I have a lot of woodworking equipment so building a bow hot box would just be another fun project.  My recent retirement should also help a little with more shop time.   :)

Ralph, you mean I'm already ahead of you.

Glued up the riser block and pulled out the limb material.

Just got to make sure I have the limb bolts and inserts.

Troy

I do like takedowns I don't think I have one yet... Weird. I also like natural bias and bows with snake skins. Pretty much anything but a hill style. They hurt my teeth. Lol.

Personally I like all styles of bows as long as they are takedown.

Back when I used to travel alot the one piece I was shooting at that time was nothing but a pain.

After I switched back to the takedown style life became much easier.

Got my name.  Just no materials. lolol  OHHH Kenny I need some glue ol buddy...lolol  I'll PM ya.  AGAIN..

Got the name of my next victim. Time to order up some stuff. I think Kenny's going to be busy this year.

I got my name.  No , not my own!

Poor *** *** ** **** ** ******* *  :laughing:

The camaraderie here is quite amusing. can't wait to go shopping at  OMC & pick out some woods. Hope ******* likes what I build.

Oh the torture ...no name yet,its so close i can feel it ....

Kenny, your victim's got a super-long name! Oh no! is it me? :eek:

Wahoo !!! I got my name too.  Oh man now I have to make some decisions and go through my wood pile. Might have to goto my good pile.  

(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn61/Dmaxshawn/00B56EBD-626D-40E1-8855-B3E5438493C3-862-0000004EBF3131F7.jpg)

As long as it shoots where I'm aiming, has sweet copperhead skins, made from a crazy snake bend with about 14 holes, and a Pope and Young whitetail attached at the business end.  I don't ask for much haha    :smileystooges:

Goose I can't wait to see what you turn out this year. May have to ask for some help along the way as well. I have a cool snakey american elm I may have a go at... I think with some bolo or such tips and skins it will be a SAWEEET looking creation!!!

Cut out the first option. Just gonna have to sleep on it....                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               (http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k592/jet26photos/100_1545_zpsa095cc87rr_zps2b6f8b2f.jpg)  :dunno:    :dunno:

Mike, that is not fair. You are starting on your bow and I dont have a name yet.

QuoteOriginally posted by rmorris:
Mike, that is not fair. You are starting on your bow and I dont have a name yet.

Didn't mean to jump the gun. Just couldn't help myself. Had some free time and thought what else am I to do.

Like I told you Ralph. Your sucking hind T!# tonight. My riser block is already glued together and limb material is on standby. Just needed to know what weight to build.

oh man, what did I get myself into?!  I'm more nervous than I've ever been!  I think I'm getting cold feet over here.  I have no idea what I'm gonna build!  I'm not even sure I can build a nice bow!  What's a bow?!  

This is probably the part where I learn humility, and patience, huh?

Wow that's  gonna be a looker   :thumbsup:

I haven't started, but my bow season ended, so maybe now I can have a vision.

Or just an idea.

Or a single thought.....  :D

Well I got my name and specs. Now to decide what to make, and what stave to use.

Since finding out my recipient's name early this morning, I spent the rest of the day working my fingers to the bone in my basement shop and got a good jump on it.  

This is a new design for me and I hope ******* likes it.  What do you all think of my tiller?

(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae23/jsweka/nicebow.jpg)

Well as long as the right side is the top I guess it'll work.. That's not a steel bar is it?

QuoteOriginally posted by rmorris:
Tony, blame ole sticks for not getting my name out first... ya know we could team up and return the favor to him together

I sent your's out last Ralph      (http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/laughing/rolling.gif) (http://www.sherv.net/laughing-emoticon-151.html)

Oh yeah I forgot to mention who mention who the secret entry is..........

ME!!!!! you folks didn't think I was gonna sit out did you.

This will be a first for me. Although my passion in the bow building arena is self bows I'm going glass on account of time. Look forward to learning from the glass guys!

Can't say I didn't have it comming but I still appreciate all ya do around here sticks. I should be a little more mellow now that I  have a project to work on. Looking forward to the next 6 months!

John the outer limbs look a bit stiff.

John, it looks better than last year's bow you sent out already.    :laughing:  

I got my name late last night. Gonna research a bit and get a good start today. I've got a few staves ready to go and I drew and easy build. Your in luck if you asked for something between 20-80.

I'm still waiting on a pm from my boater to get the special instructions.

QuoteI sent your's out last Ralph

Well well well, ain't Karma just a big old ugly female dog with droopy teets. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Good shavings everyone and enjoy the swap. Can't wait to see what starts appearing out of everyone's shops.

Me, I have a hbh longbow, a bbo longbow, some ipe and boo and a hickory recurve that I am working on. One of these should make it to be my swap bow.

Kris,

Always enjoyed building selfbows, but once I went back to glass my desire to work on all wood bows went out with the bath water.

Can't say I want ever build another selfbow. Just not in my vision for now.

So excited I could hardly sleep last night. It's time to do some serious building. I think bamboo and Ipe with maple?walnut?actionboo? core. I better start making a form .... and ordering some matls ...

Ben,
I'm with you.  I had a very hard time going to sleep with all that bow building going on in my mind.

I can't wait for work to be over today to look at my wood pile.  What to do??? What to do???  :D

got my name. got my glass on the way. Riser is glued and ready to go. I need to decide which of the lams I got from Troy are going to be used.

QuoteOriginally posted by Goose Gossett:
As long as it shoots where I'm aiming, has sweet copperhead skins, made from a crazy snake bend with about 14 holes, and a Pope and Young whitetail attached at the business end.  I don't ask for much haha

Well Goose, that was too much information.  I just traded with another participant as you're a bit too high maintenance.


 

QuoteOriginally posted by DVSHUNTER:
I do like takedowns I don't think I have one yet... Weird. I also like natural bias and bows with snake skins. Pretty much anything but a hill style. They hurt my teeth. Lol.

Thanks DVS, you answered my question.   Good thing too, I've been on a Hill kick lately and was going that direction in lieu of more info.  Then again, I may do it anyway and just send you a mouthguard and a raspberry beer.


 

QuoteOriginally posted by Ranger44:
LOL  canopyboy you could be talking about the person I drew also or me.  I don't post much I mostly read.  I can't find a whole lot more about my person than the specs I was sent.

I'm considering trying to build my first glass bow in the near future but don't think I'd do that for the trade bow.  I try to build something I would like to have but I'm open to most anything as I'm not too experienced in trad bows.  

I love archery and woodworking so building bows seemed like a logical thing to try but I'm really intrigued by some of the beautiful veneers people put under glass and the cool risers so I'll have to try it some day.  I have a lot of woodworking equipment so building a bow hot box would just be another fun project.  My recent retirement should also help a little with more shop time.  

Ranger, I still don't know what you like.  Except that I should use cool veneers.  I guess I can work with that.  Can your teeth take a Hill style?


 

QuoteOriginally posted by Troy D. Breeding:
Personally I like all styles of bows as long as they are takedown.

Back when I used to travel alot the one piece I was shooting at that time was nothing but a pain.

After I switched back to the takedown style life became much easier.

Thank you Troy.  Take down it is, I've been meaning to learn how to make one.  Now comes the fun part.     :help:  


Luckily, all this prodding did get the result I wanted.  A straight answer from Ralph:
 

QuoteOriginally posted by rmorris:
David, sorry about that but I do like recurves.

Got my name and now I'm stuck!  Spent all morning stalking my prey and still don't know what I'm gonna do   :help:  

What do you build a guy in glass that only does wood bows?  Maybe I'll just have to find some nice burly curly something with the nicest wood?    :dunno:

Oh, I almost forgot what I wanted.  Something with black glass or a snake skin on the back.  Maybe a nice r/d?  And Troy has me sold on a takedown, so if you're up for it throw that in too, will ya?

 :pray:    :pray:

Well I got so excited I've been working nonstop since I got my name.  So here's the start. Hope it makes weight

Texas ebony riser aboo and carbon.  

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Shawn, looking good! I think that bow would make the pickiest of shooters happy!

Yeah same here If your looking to do a take down mystery builder... I sure do need one!

Wow Shawn the start gun went off and you were already waiting for us at the finish!!!  Looks good.

Well I am leaning towards making the very best shooting bow I can.  Which leads to black glass verses clear over some pretty venier.  Want to get all the bang I can in the core.

Thanks I already had that riser glued ready for lay up.  I glued it late last night and cleaned her up this morning.  First time with carbon.  It's quick and quiet but I missed my weight.  So ill put it on the rack and finish it later.

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Here are 4 different staves in different stages.  Each has it's own unique flair about them.  It's just figuring out which one will fit the best.  Spent my lunch break scraping away at the stave that isn't a blank yet trying to make up my mind.  Who knows I may end up snapping them all before I'm done.

Goose, I'd like the last one.

Goose, we all know you're a marvel with them kinda sticks! You ain't foolin' nobody!

Yep, I'm finding it hard to find anything out about my victim, too. Guess they'll just have to get whatever I can dish up.  :bigsmyl:  

Tell you what, though, I am gettin' a hankerin' to try one of them laminated glass bows. The one Jarrod Moffit sent me last year shoots nice and looks purty. Maybe I'll try to build one when I grow up.

Yes!  Finally got my name:)  Now... what shall i build?  Got an osage stave begging to be a recurve, and some nice elm waiting to become a screamer.  Whatever it is, can't wait to push my limits   :D

FYI:  whoever has my name i ain't too picky. My posts might paint me as anti glass.  I'm not, just not into building them.  So build what ya wanna (which you were probly gonna do anyway)   ;)

I like the peep sight stave Goose! !

Got a little more info on my victum...   Hmmmmmm!!!!!

Got some Hackberry, Osage, Hickory...  Got a nice Vinemaple an a few mystery woods...   or maybe something I' ve never tried berfore....  going to study a bit more still on the job so i can't start anyway....  Hmmmmmmmmmm

Man I have a fat thumbs...  they say people text and drive!!!  I'm finding it tough to text this post and breath!!!!

Goose have ya ever made a plane Jane bow? You always have the coolest staves.

Kip I hope ya didn't get any ape arm shooters again this year. Us 6'5" guys have a nice advantage that we can easily make any draw length bow without having to reach out of our comfort zone, but I have to say you did me good last year!

Glad to hear you all are stalking with success. I ain't got squat!!! Guess I will leave it up to what I would want out of a bow... snakey, skinned and smooth shooting....

Goose I like the stave with the whole dead nut in the middle!!! Then when you hold the bow up you can still peer through... peep hole!

Finishing up a board bow trade for PA then I can't wait to show you guys the stave I have in store... Pearly boy gave me two and I think this one is fitting to passing on!!

Off to run radar while looking at TG... tough I know lol

I think just by looking at all that bow wood and supplies, its going to make me move back to the lower 48...

Alaska is a great place, but it definately is lacking in some areas...

The looks a person gets when you ask the local hardware shop if they carry a spokeshave or even a cabinet scraper...
Almost funny...

Lol kev that's what them interwebz is for!

Kevin, if you have an old handsaw that you don't use or care for, you can use it to make cabinet scrapers. It has to be an old saw though. the cheap new ones are made of crappy steel and only the teeth are hardened. You can use a dremel or angle grinder to cut out whatever shape scraper you need, then file the edge and burnish it.
Dave.

Were we told in our PM if the person we are shipping to is a first timer and if we have to wait till they ship before we ship to them?

Goose, those staves really make a guy want to give up glass

I started messin with a stave after lunch yesterday and this is what I found. Small pin knot on the back
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Belly side after about 45 min of shavin and some rasp work.... It's 11/2 long and way to deep to make weight. I had plans for Osage anyway....this was a warm up stave.
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hey Goose let me know if you need any back ups i have a pile for you and Will.

Olin, I am sorry that happened. I guess its a good thing you are getting an early start on the swap.

My stalking hasn't revealed much either.  I'm gonna start with an osage bow that I have partially done and waiting for my recepient's specs, hoping it would work out.  Has a knot and a little snake in it, should make a nice bow, if I don't screw it up.

Texan, was that hackberry?  I've had some problems with those type of knots in hackberry.  Good luck with the osage.

QuoteOriginally posted by rmorris:
Goose have ya ever made a plane Jane bow? You always have the coolest staves.

I've made a few BBI and HBI but it's therapy to work on staves like this for me. Don't ask my why because I don't know  :D

QuoteOriginally posted by goobersan:
Goose, those staves really make a guy want to give up glass

You mean staves like those make a guy really want to START up glass haha   :biglaugh:

I'm planning on an osage board bow with bamboo, or hickory backing. But this afternoon I dug out two decent osage staves I had split a couple of summers back and a hickory stave.

I think the hickory will be for my son's frat bro.

While waiting on the boards to be delivered I may debark and chase a ring on the osage.

I am not finding much on my victim. Reckon I'm not much of a 'creeper'.

Wonder if they'd like an osage static recurve? Never tried a static 'curve. Like their looks, though. Seen some good'uns on here and PA.   :saywhat:  

Any suggestions, or advice?

I just hope the one i make is worthy of such an adventure

QuoteOriginally posted by talkingcabbage:
Got my name and now I'm stuck!  Spent all morning stalking my prey and still don't know what I'm gonna do    :help:    

What do you build a guy in glass that only does wood bows?  Maybe I'll just have to find some nice burly curly something with the nicest wood?     :dunno:  

I'm with Al Dean...... gonna build the best bow that I'd love to shoot n show off. Keep your eyes peeled cuz these buggers talk ALOT, Still gettin intel on  my victim.  I'm going to build two bows, just in case I get picky. Maybe try a recurve or 2-piece

Been giving the swap bow some thought. Usually I can come up with plan of attack. So far all I've got is the wood picked out. Not sure on what I want it to look like when its done. Tried to get the lowdown on ********************** but didn't come up to good. Just goning to let the juices flow for awhile.

That's pretty much where I'm at Goob. I'm prob gonna make two, a recurve, and I've really been wanting to try a two piece longbow. So I'll pick out some nice wood and try to make a good lookin shooter.

I need some advise here though. I've got some sturgeon skins I'm thinking about putting on a glass bow just for looks. Do I do that the same as with a wood bow, using TB III, or should I use something else? Also, what kind of finish do I use on the skins to make sure it doesn't flake or otherwise wear off?

Ralph I hope I can get  a lighter bow out of it later or maybe a short one.... If I get lucky it might make one 56" or so. Yes Dan it's Hackberry and most knots I see in them look pretty much like this or worse. Hope to get a few hours in this week on some Osage.

And for whoever got me -- I know I don't post a lot, but I like just about anything. A snakey wood bow, skinned or otherwise, or a nice glass bow is cool. I really like them all!

I haven't done the rekon on my recipient.... I just hope they don't mind some character...   :goldtooth:

worked on 2 hickory staves tonight. I started on one during the holidays. Fliped tips a couple weeks ago on one and laid one out tonight.

Dang this thing is moving along so quick already...but I remember last year it shot out of the gate hard for about a month and then setteled down to a much slower pace. lol  

Goose all those staves look awsome.

and to whoever got my name.....I like it...doen't matter what it is or what its made out of I like it..lolol

I wasn't able to get much info on my recipient either so I'm going to try for a couple of shooters and hopefully, I'll learn something about ******** in time to decide what to send.
As for myself, I'm still fairly new to trad archery so all types of bows are an adventure to me. Last year I got a cool  copperhead backed osage selfbow from David Flanrey. I had her out in the snow a few days ago, but all I could find to shoot were stumps.   :)  
Dave.

Finished tillering a bow tonight but it came in light.Will make a nice bow for my wife though   :)
I think I'm going to try to make my first glued up bow. A hickory backed ipe.
I bought enough materials for 3 bows------probably gonna take a couple of tries to get one that I'd deem nice enough to give to my recipient. That's cool though. I want to make one to keep anyway. Looks like plenty of info on this site to try and make a successful one. Wish me luck, I'll probably need some help in here somewhere.

First off I would like to say how honored I am to join in the swap this year. I've been a member here for a year or so and have learned so much about bow bowyering. I gotta admit its a little intimidating trying to build a bow to the caliber of what gets posted here! I just hope the one who gets it enjoys it.

QuoteOriginally posted by wood carver 2:
Kevin, if you have an old handsaw that you don't use or care for, you can use it to make cabinet scrapers. It has to be an old saw though. the cheap new ones are made of crappy steel and only the teeth are hardened. You can use a dremel or angle grinder to cut out whatever shape scraper you need, then file the edge and burnish it.
Dave.

I am good for tools, I have a gent in Oregon, "Gary Crabaugh" that helps out a bunch...but I still go in and ask, mostly just for the deer in the headlight reactions...
What gets to be a pain is shipping glues and finishing supplies to Alaska...paying the hazardous materials fee is outrageous.

Ok guys need your opinion... it could be your own fate   :campfire:  
  http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,37170  .0.html

Soy, all I can say is WOW! What a stave! If that were to show up on my doorstep just like it is with those skins I'd probably wet myself! I personally wouldn't change a thing about it. I like the dark/light combo. Go for it!

ditto

Soy that stave will make any snake look GREAT!!!

Now that's a snake! Someone will just love that!
Dave.

Soy, looking good!

Looks like I'm stalled out again.

Temps went back below freezing and this puts a halt to any glue ups.

Guess I'll just have to tough it out and continue doing my best to finish the new shop.

Once that's done I'll then have a warm place to work.

QuoteOriginally posted by Troy D. Breeding:
Looks like I'm stalled out again.

Temps went back below freezing and this puts a halt to any glue ups.

Guess I'll just have to tough it out and continue doing my best to finish the new shop.

Once that's done I'll then have a warm place to work.

Troy, I can only wish I was working on a new shop!  Temps here are too cold to do anything right now.  I just spent 10 mins in my garage trying to clean up from the last project and my fingers about froze off.   :knothead:

I'm at a standstill until the temps get to at least freezing!

Nice bow Soy, good to see soo much progress in here.

I have a pretty good idea of what I'll be building. Have to get organized to shift from selfbows to glass bows. Build a form, box etc. It should be an adventure.

TC,  Know exactly what your talking about. Spent part of yesterday trying to get alittle insulation back in. Had to pull it acouple of weeks ago when I found that I had air gaps in places I didn't know about. Low to mid 20's makes it hard to do anything.

Right after Christmas we had one heck of a blowing snow storm. The next day I went out to check things. Heart breaking when you walk in and see piles of snow laying on your fresh insulation.

Luckly this past weekend had low 50's for temps. I was able to foam seal every place I found air flow during the snowstorm.

Just to cold here.  No heat in the garage-shop.  Supposed to be 40 tommorrow, maybe I can get a riser cut out.  A friend gave me some big chucks of gun stock grade walnut.  A little hard to get to working size pieces but makes some nice looking risers.

Al, it is not nice to talk about gun stock grade walnut and not show any pictures.

Coooold here in my garage!!!

Working on a prototype on the kitchen table.  Wife is surprisingly accepting of it.  Guess she's tired of me milling around the house.

Can't find much on my recipient, just go with what Stiks sent me.

This is fun!!!!!!!  :thumbsup:

Soy,
Like I said over at PA, if that stave showed up skinned out like that I would hit it with a shovel. That thing looks real. So when you send it to me put a note on it so I don't whack it.

Lol it's the archery version of the peanut brittle can with the snake that jumps out when you open it. You open the box on your porch and BOOM! Snake!

I used the last of my urac on my last project so I ordered some of the new Unibond 800.  It looks and seems to work about the same except the color I got was a little lighter.  That's fine by me as I use a lot of hickory.

My first glue up for the trade left me with some of the worst glue lines I have ever had so I glued up a second hickory backed cherry.  The first one might work out as the bad glue line might be cut out in the cut for the sight window.  I hope to be so lucky.

It feels great to be back at making sawdust.  It's a little cold to work outside in the unheated barn but after a few cuts I'm back inside for the glueing.  Back outside for sanding etc.  Life is good!   :)

Razorback, you sound like my dad when it comes to snakes.  :biglaugh:  

When I showed him my first skinbacked bow I warned him before pulling it out of the bag.

Still he jumped back like he would have in the woods when seeing one.

I laughed when he told me never to lay it on the ground around him if I intended to shoot it again.

I got my plan A trade bow on the long string tonight. 68" hickory molly with 16" working limbs and 13" levers. 4" handle area, 1 1/2"fades at the handle, and 1 1/2" fades at the levers.


I just hope ***** ***** ** ****** **** likes the mollegabet design...

Here's some of the walnut.  One of my chunks and a riser for my son's bow I whittled out of it.
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Al, There ya go! Looks awesome. You are going to make someone's bow swap !

Duck, 68" always works for me , but ya miss spelled my name.

How about my new 3-d target...

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Thats cool right there

I was able to work in the garage for about an hour tonight after work and scraped on either option A, 2, or roman numeral III.  I found what the pessimists would call firewood and some optimists would call a future knot on your noggin.  You can see the check running almost to the edge of the limb but it doesn't run the whole way off.  I have about 1/4" and I'll take it.  I'll see if I can get it to at least brace height before it snaps.  Here comes the superglue!  

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Oh Goose I got faith of ya you can handle it.  

Good work everybody keep it up..

Goose, you're a thrill seeker! It might be wise to wear a helmet for that one.
Dave.

QuoteOriginally posted by whossbows:
Thats cool right there

That bull was standing in the front lawn...but it would be cool if it was my new bow testing target..

Sure it's cool if you can just leave your target set up in the yard, but setup and takedown is a real pain. Once you take those antlers off the first time they are gonna look funny every time u try and put em back on. It'll be worse than a mckenzie broadside buck. And u might as well forget about trying to jam that rebar up into his legs to get him to stand up. Then when u figure in how costly and time consuming it is to replace the midsection when it gets shot out...


Hey guys wouldn't it be awesome if a real moose would just come up and stand right in the flower bed like that? Oh man that'd be hillarious.

Kevin that is cool. I was stationed at Ft Rich from 97-01 and I had a rose bush out front in government quarters that I never trimmed due to a cow that would trim it every winter.

Not three months ago my son and I brought my turkey target inside the house from where it usually sits in the back yard.  The next morning my son looked out the window and informed me that my target was back outside.    :confused:   When I looked, there sat a tom in nearly the exact same spot that my target had been sitting.   :)   Turkeys are well-trained critters here in Nebraska.

That is the only moose I saw during the whole hunting season..it rained so much during te season that creeks that could be crossed without making a splash, were 8-10 feet over their banks. Spent two days walking, came home, the darn critter was looking at me when I came out to bring the gear into the house.

Almost funny..

Psychmonky..now...your post..that was funny..

Kevin if'n I had critters like that in my yard I'd never gripe about having glue or finish shipped in, Heck I'd even give up the thought of ever finding osage..... Well maybe I wouldn't go that far LOL

Troy, I grew up in Australia where just about every snake you meet can kill you and a mother who would passout at the sight of a snake. We saw one, we got rid of it fast before the hysteria began. Dad had a piece of garden hose attached to the end of 2' of broom handle. One whack with that and off came the head. Boy you would get in trouble for doing that now.

10 days until Kalamazoo. Maybe I'll find something there for my swap bow. Sure like those medallions Tony made.

Man thought I'd have some time on my day off to let some wood fly but honey Dooooooooooooo's .... arggggggggggggg!!!

Razorback trouble is an understatement! Up to $20,000 fine if caught killing a snake! Cant even use a roadkill one for backing as its illegal to even have a dead one in your possession.That's why I'm so envious of all those beautiful skins on the bows.

Bob is that all of Australia??? ...  and all snakes?????

Sorry to hear of those restrictions Bob.  So is it legal for someone to send you a snake backed bow from out of country or all imports subject to the same overreaching laws?

that does bring up a good question that pertains to the swap: Can you even own a skinned bow?

I received a beautiful rattle snake skinned juniper from Keenan in my first swap. Man I'd hate to think that beauty couldn't have been created!

Bob,
Didn't realize it had gotten that bad. I would suggest that anyone sending a bow overseas refrain from adding animal products to the bow, especially skins. Many countries have strict laws about the use of animal products. I believe they ere on the side of caution with the exploitation of endangered animals. instead of trying to determine what is endangered they just ban any export or imported product. Safer that way.

That just plain ol sucks.

I really dont know the law re bows coming in already  backed with snake skins, and know some guys have got bows in from the states with skins on, and have seen plenty advertised on fleabay coming from China. Perhaps if they run into a zealous officer then it would pay for them to have a copy of their import manifest.Far as I know its illegal in all states here to kill a snake.We just happen to have about half a dozen of the most venomous and deadly snakes in the world here too!

***What do y'all think about everyone trying to post a starting point picture of what they have?  I know I love the pictures that I see.***

With life moving and shaking all around me I figured I better take most/all of my free time and devote it to working on a bow.  Here is the profile and it's bending just not much.  The limb that looks reflex deflex is going to be deceiving getting to brace height.  

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Just curious Goose?

Why are you leaving the reflex/deflex in the limb and not heating it out to even things up? I ask because at my pay grade tillering would be much harder with the uneven limbs...  Still learning ")

I'm stubborn.

Goose you can pull this one off... that seems easy compared to some of the ones you have worked on!! Keep the pics coming

QuoteOriginally posted by Goose Gossett:
I'm stubborn.

Lol short and to the point.

I like the idea of the starting point pics. So far mine are on my OBI experiment thread, although given the issues I've had with it, it'll prolly blow and ill have to start something else.

Hmmm...Obi...very "Star Wars" I like it.

I like that funky limb... it is a pain in the but to tiller but it looks awesome, stay true to the course   :notworthy:

Just glued up a bbo recurve for =@#$%$%^^&*&*.I am thinking a huntin bow and think he will like it.I'll post some pic's when i figure out how?Some one should do a "post along"on how to do it--joe

I'm getting nowhere finding info on my victim.

I guess I'll just build myself one and give it to *** (him or her)?

Hmmmm, what would ****** ** ************ ** ************ ** ** * **** *****************like?

 :bigsmyl:

I want to do a color accent in the handle of my bow, but I non natural color. Anyone ever put micarta on a bow? Seems to me like it would work in the handle.

Ok Kenny, I'll give you a hint at my wish list since you're asking. I've always wanted a Grumley Deerslayer style static recurve, with bull snake skins of course.

Hope that makes it easier for you!

Kenny if I count the *'s right I'm almost positive you spelled my screen name. lolol

:biglaugh:    :biglaugh:   I thought the same thing... and if it is me beautiful unique and funky if not disregard that last statement

Joe, check some of this stuff out...

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=129

Bill, here is a 1/4" black phenolic i-beam sammiched with red 1/16" phenolic I put in last years trade bow...

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The limbs had a 1/16" phenolic stripe dividing the bocote and canary too...

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Man thanks ralph.That should help alot--joe

QuoteOriginally posted by Citycop:
I want to do a color accent in the handle of my bow, but I non natural color. Anyone ever put micarta on a bow? Seems to me like it would work in the handle.

I've used micarta, both homemade and stuff I've purchased.  It's fine to use.  I made up some blue micarta for a 3 piece take down recurve.  It looked pretty cool in the riser.  I can try to find some pics if you want.

And Kenny, I've seen the stuff you make.  I'll take anything!    :notworthy:   If you want more specifics, make it pretty and fast!
  :archer2:

Joe

Wow, after that one of Kenny's I feel really dumb posting pictures of my firewood, ah, er, bow.  But here's the one with my homemade micarta.
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Joe, if ya didn't mess up on cutting out the shelf I would say that is one heck of a bow. Ya made that maple look good!

Nothing wrong with that bow, Joe. The arrow rest is even on the correct side of the bow!

My material came in this morning so I'll be splicin', gluein', and profilin' this weekend!

I plan to make a bbo with a black walnut handle and tip overlays. It'll have a Flemish twist string in black and bronze B-50. I don't have a backup plan. Hopefully I won't need one!

Goose, I like the idea of a beginning pic posted, but pb and I don't get along very well.

Joe, (Millhimes) if ya need any other help with the Photobucket send me a PM and I will do what I can.

wow TC, thought you were a new guy
nice job....and a takedown to boot    :thumbsup:

I just realized that we're out of school Monday!!! I may get quite a bit of work done on a bow this weekend! My wife is going out of town for two days and no work Monday!  :jumper:

Ralph - that's actually some figured hickory from Kenny.  He's got some really good taste when it comes to the pretty stuff!  And I agree about the shelf.  That bow was for my brother's buddy.  They're both lefties and it always feels so wrong to cut it on that side.  I can never shoot 'em either!  Drives me nuts to make a bow I can't shoot!

Goob - I've been on here for a couple years now, just took a kind of hiatus for a while.  Dang work got in the way for a year or so.  Barely had time to see my kids.  But got that all straightened out now.  Just kinda getting back into posting more regularly.  

But thanks guys.  I appreciate all the kind comments.  I always feel like I just barely do "good enough", but I guess I know deep down that I'd never let one go that I didn't want to keep for myself (except those dang lefties).

Got some materials from Kenny a couple days ago for another dang leftie for my brother.  After that it's on to the swap bow!

Man both of those bows  are saweeeeeeeeeeet!!!!

I have had some time to make a complete spot n stalk on my prey.  Going to go with all domestic woods on this one.  Still haven't decided if its going to be a one, two, or three piece bow.  Maybe I can get the riser glued up this weekend.

I'd like a two piece. Thanks     :goldtooth:

Two or three piece...It doesn't matter which.   :bigsmyl:  
Dave.

Looks like its gonna be another banner year. I'll miss participating in this one. Too many iron in the fire this year. Good luck to all!

Joe, that TD is sweet!!  The accents remind me of a shooting star!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

GRRRRR!! told my boss i needed my drawknife back he borrowed 2 weeks ago, he tells me he lost it and was going to replace it. bah, he came back with a spokeshave. what am i gonna do with a spokeshave? never once used one. got 3 hickory staves and 2 locust staves sitting in the dining room waiting on me. pics of what you guys are posting look awesome, makes my stuff look prehistoric.

Nothing wrong with prehistoric   :campfire:

Got some boo and ipe layed out..Waiting glue and a piece of riser wood (maybe) from good ol Mr Kenny to get here...

Timbermoose,

You have to ensure they are sharp. Semo did a you tube video on now to do this. Once they are sharp you can use them to remove wood fast.

Kelly

Ok I found them Moose. Take a peek.

Part 1-  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln91kPV2WZo
Part 2-  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bClutZgLM4Y

after much studying i am going to try a pic of **************'s trade bow.
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all glued up
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cleaned up and faceted.the black marker helps you see what your doing
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tips on and short string.it came out very heavy with a 7/16 Q-saw osage slat.got a bunch of the excess weight off now i need to get her lined back up.more to come!!!

holy @#$%,i did it

thanks kellyg, i'll be trying it out on a bow for my bro's fiance after i build a new bowyers bench today. and cause it's so cold out my wonderful wife is allowing me to use it in the dining room. so long as i clean up after done. everytime! lol

looking good mill.

Looking good! Has a nice profile

That looks great so far..

I love this part, seeing all the bows and wondering if that one is headed my way someday. The only bad part is I have not started yet.

Ticc-tock, tick-tock Kelly, LOL.

I went out with all expectations of spending 2-3 hours and get the potential bow to brace height.  I started out looking for the first 45 minutes for my tillering gizmo only to not find it and get sidetracked.  Instead I chased a ring and drew out a bow on this bad boy.  Maybe I'll find my gizmo, maybe just make another one, or get sidetracked again and start on another bow.  

I love seeing pictures and always saw the guys making progress and like Kelly wondering which one was coming my way.  I think my favorite part of the process is seeing the updates.

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At least mine aint the only haunted shop   :eek:  My ghost hides my stuff while i'm working with it.Goose when it comes to them crooked sticks,you is da bomb.i dont think i could make a club out of one of them things!

goose, that things gonna be wicked.

Millhimes, how 'bout a close up of your form/caul? Looks very efficient and interesting.

Nice looking bow, by the way!

Goose, I love the pics and posts, too! The ironic thing is, I have fits posting pics... Just a tecnological dumb@##, I guess.

Sanded some lumber a bud gave me. He said it was called tigerwood at the auction where he got it.It looks really cool.

Have the riser figured out, now for some veneers.... hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Since I had little luck sensing what my victim wanted, I may build an all (almost) tigerwood bow.

Tiger wood is a great choice Kenny.  It looks pretty darn awesome under glass.  Got a buddy that has one.

Dan,

I know. I have a bow laid out on the stave you gave me at MOJAM but I was using that to try and show other how to do it. And I am planning on making me a bow from that stave. I have a stave picked out and can't decide if I want to split it for it is over 4" wide at the narrow end or just lay one out. It is a think save also. I not so sure I could not get a belly split off her either. Might get some pics up of the stave.

Goose that is going to be some bow. The great thing is I have never seen a bow I would not love to own come out of this trad.


Great work folks.

I keep thinking that. I'd be happy with any of em. I guess that's a good spot to be in. "Oh gosh. I wish I knew which of these one of a kind, custom made, works of art was for me!"

Pictures Kenny...Please! I just looove fancy wood!  :bigsmyl:  
Dave.

I feel exactly the same way as you all do. Every time someone posts pictures of a bow they're working on or describes some crazy looking exotic wood, I start wondering, will that one be coming my way?
It also makes me try harder to do my absolute best in return.
Dave.

Got my  supplies coming.pictures soon

Here you go red hill,just a 5/4x6x7foot dead flat board torges style with various posts.
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I made the curves off one bending form to keep them the same
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Just spread them to what you want.And thanks for the encourgement--joe

Well here is where i got to.
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Got some ajusting to do.
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Much better alignment.
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Got some more work to do with that.
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Got her tillered pretty close.I hate straight handles,they look so bad on recurves.
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Full draw.got the tips opening up the whole way like i wanted.Makes a bad looking tiller with half the limb straight.Do you guys think i should get her bending a little Closer to the fades? Sorry i am hogging this thread--Joe

Thanks, Millhimes.

Mill, I like it!

Goose, ya turn madness into beauty!

Mill I don't know much about recurves but it looks like it does need to bend closer to the fades. Right now it looks like that one area of the limbs is doing all of the work. Take it with a grain of salt though, because I have no experience with curves, like I said.

Here's what my final stalk produced. All domestic woods.  

Bostgone walnut and myrtle for my riser.
Walnut cores
Myrtle veneers
Matching overlays
Horn tips from the plains.

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Man that myrtle is outstanding!!

Heres the start of the tigerwood bow, will have a phenolic I-beam , 1/4" black sammiched with 1/16" red.....

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Thought about a buildalong, but its all been covered most likely...

Good hunting D. Can't wait to see you work some magic on that myrtle

Here we are ready to glue her up....

The block I sawed 2 pcs 9/16" thick off of , then I'm going to flip the mating halves with the bookmatch grain on the outside of the bow so both sides look the same. Hmmm.

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Wrapped up in plastic to keep the snot off stuff!! LOL

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All clamped up, I use blocks and quick clampsto keep slippage to minimum, then C-clamp the glue joint, then loosen and retighten the quick clamps one at a time to make sure the C-clamps can do their work.

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Wow Shawn, I'm not sure I'm gonna use the tigerwood lams now!! Great lookin lumber buddy!!

Here are the tigerwood lams, but I may hafta change up. You're puttin the pressure on now!LOL

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Very nice Kenny- that tigerwood is nice to work with and finishes great- keep um coming!!

Thanks for posting the pics Kenny. That tiger wood is nice!
Shawn, that myrtle and walnut are a nice combo.
Dave.

Kenny that's going to be a looker.  Out do KennyM that would be hard to do.  I got risers cooking right now.  

I hope the myrtle comes to life.  Wish it was darker.

I may go ahead with it, tryin somethin new, may be a rocket launcher or possibly a dud!

In which case, I will make different one!! LOL

I'm getting to be a bigger and bigger fan of myrtle.  That stuff looks awsome.

Found something to mess around with today. Made a new form, forward handle LB, never made a one piece forward handle. How does it look? Do you guys think I'll be ok with the design. Form is 70 in long gonna do 64 tip to tip 72 NTN. Tips should be perfectly in line with deepest point of riser back.
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Should be a shooter Cory! You mean 62" ntn tho I think?

I like the tips close to lining up with the riser back, a little ahead isn't bad, but I made one with a pretty straight riser and about 4.5" ahead on the tips. Not good, hardest bow to shoot right I ever saw. LOL

Yes yes 62 ntn, gonna glue one up asap and hopefully she's a shooter so I can use the design for the swap bow.

Be sure to get a full draw pic, don't want the bow police to get after ya!!  :D

Good looking new form. Hope it works out for ya

Kenny,
Not sure I know what the bow police thing is, I'm not doing something wrong am I?

No , just kiddin! You will catch grief if you don't post a full draw pic of a new bow.  Probably from Roy-boy  :D

Ah ok good, ole Roy, yeah I see he takes and gives ah pretty good beating!  :D

I might be off the thumpin list, but barely!

I havent been on TG quite long enough to be on the thumpin list, but I've heard about it.

I'm waiting on some bamboo from tenbrook so I can set started on my bbi. I can't wait.

Cory - Roy doesn't care how long you've been around.  Nobody is immune to the thumpin' list.  Looks like that will be a real quick design.

Lots of nice wood combinations coming together and bows in their infancy.  I really do think the bar gets raised a little higher each year.

Man some sweeeeeeet lookin woods !!!!

Still haven't made a plan but getting some ideas  :)

Still stalking my victim....  found these in a box,  Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

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COFFEEEEEE!!!! think i'll have some now. looks like a good start coaster.

I understand this stalking your victim thing, but as a recipient, I think that at least half the fun of the swap is getting something new that you normally wouldn't build for yourself.  I haven't seen a bow yet that I wouldn't love to recieve and I about need to be put a bib on every time I open up this thread.  :D  

I have the day off tomorrow so I'm hoping to get an early start on this year's bow even though the shop is freezing.  I need to decide though if osage or vine maple is calling to me this year.

--Steve

Glass guys, you are pulling out all the stops with your exotic (or killer domestic) wood! I have about 2500# of wood coming in form a supplier in the next week , so I am holding off to see if anything beats what I got in my personal stash.

Kip, ya ever attempted a take down? I am thinking about making one but every time I think about cutting a bow in half I get a little scared.

If I do it Ralph it will be my second. It's not that hard in a selfbow. Now cutting a perfectly good bow in half well that takes some &@))$  :)

I cut a few perfectly good laminated bows in half.  Wasn't that bad.

Wow Goose you sure like a challenge!  I can't wait to see it finished.

cuttin them in half is easy,trouble's puttin them back together.take lots of pics for us chickens please--Joe

Here is a take down that I made last year for my daughter..
46@27,  66" ntn ,  bamboo on bamboo..

A strange part of the bow, is that by turning that bow into a takedown, it was the second time I had to cut that bow in half..although cutting it the second time wore on the nerves a bit more than the first time.
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Pictures of the process...  I'll work on clearing out the knots next.  It does have some nice reflex in it already which is a nice plus.

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That does have some great reflex!!!

Lots of character!!!

I love the reflex that thing has Goose.

Thinking my first I beam riser should go with my new form. Purpleheart sandwiched between some figured walnut.
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Very nice combination. I like the grain pattern in the walnut.
Dave.

Walnut sure throws some good growth patterns and its reasonably priced too.  :)

This will be my second attempt at a self bow. The first one I made many attempts and now the bow sits in the corner as more of a trophy than a work horse. Hopefully this one will be different. It is an Elm stave that was very graciously traded by Pearls. I plan on a 64 ttt bow somewhere around 50+ pounds. Layed out the bow and started hoggin off wood with hand tools only. I think I get too impatient when power is involved. Here it is so far... some snake which makes it super cool... Thanks for looking

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Still have a ton of wood to hog off one limb and in the handle area but slow and steady wins the race... Right?

Gonna still make a BBO bow to choose between which one is better for a swap. It felt great to get the ol draw knife back out today!

Justin

That's gonna make a cool bow, Justin.

I'm too scared to try a selfbow.  Maybe someday.

I just got word from Kenny that my laminations for my swap bow will be shipping out tomorrow.  Heck, I just sent him an email with what I needed two days ago.  The only way his customer service could get better would be if he hand delivered them.   :thumbsup:

That one has some nice flow    :thumbsup:

I might have a change in plans for my swap bow.  I scored this rare piece of black myrtle for veneers.  Ill have to take a few slices and see what kinda beauty she holds inside.  

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Shawn-That should be interesting!!

David its going to be really really interesting to say the least I couldnt stand it i cut the edge off just see whats inside and bingo pics to come.  Now too bad I need to wait to let it dry.

Here's what the edge grain looks like.  Kinda plain to me.  Maybe it will get better deeper in.  

Dry pic

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Wetted pic

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Yea that's going to look cool under glass!

Of course Might change my whole plan up for my swap bow.  I might go with this Chechen riser and either myrtle or coco veneers.   Whatcha think

Edited forgot pics

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QuoteOriginally posted by jsweka:
 The only way his customer service could get better would be if he hand delivered them.    :thumbsup:  

He has an excuse for not taking stuff to PA, but I live in the same state! I'm totally filing a complaint with the better business  bureau lol.  You're right though. He is tops to deal with. I just hope the wood he is sending is pretty enough for ol ***************************

That is if this dern bow works out.

Since the weather is too cold to do any glue-ups, I figured I'd layout the riser.

I picked this block out. Cocobolo Dyamondwood on the back and Bubinga on the belly with maple and Black Walnut accent stripes.

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Going back to a design I've used in the past. By the time I glass the back of the riser and add afew overlays it should be really sharp.

Think I'm going to us black glass on the limbs with A-Boo core. If I'm right I have enough Bubinga to make the limb wedges.

May even add alittle antler in the overlays and limb tips if I have enough to do it.

Troy

Shawn and Troy - Those sure are some nice woods you both are working with.

Wow Shaun! Those are some of the coolest veneers I have ever seen.

So many beautiful woods out there! I think I might take up building glass bows.
Dave.

I'm thinking of trying out my first spliced veneer on this thing.  Whaddya think of the design?
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I've got some really nice quarter sawn sycamore that has this awesome grain, and maybe some figured walnut for the darker parts.

Joe

I agree with wood carver 2.  This swap might be enough to get me over the hump to try making a glass bow.  I love the woods you guys are showing us.

TC quarter sawn sycamore would look great with walnut.

TC that would look great together.  Go for it.

I can't go to PA cause of the LIST! LOL

Joe, have you got the same flare on limb and riser? That would be cool if it would work, and only 1 pattern!

Shawn, those will be killer lams!!

Got my supplies tday.see if i can gat a picture up.maybe my target will like it  

Shaun that's a tough choice?????  

Those veneers are georgous!!!!

I'd love to try a glass bow just don't have the tools..............  you guys are makin me drool!!!

Alright Jeff (whossbows) I'm trying to get your pictures up.

Kenny, I actually hadn't thought of that, but that would be pretty smart.  I had actually thought about doing a full length S-curve but then I saw the bow you did for last years swap and didn't want you to think I had copied you!  That was a gorgeous bow, by the way!  You really inspired this curvy little combo.  I only hope I can make it work as well as you did.

Joe

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This is Jeffs (whossbows) picutures. I hope they are sized right. I'll let him tell ya'll good people about them

Having fun with that d

Hope to make some one happy with these pcs

Thanks D

Your very welcome my friend.  That desert camo looks pretty cool.

Wow! I step away for just a day or so to start a new job and now I cant start to list all the great bows and ideas. I have not seen a bad looking bow yet! I put the bow swap bow on hold till my next shipment of wood comes in to see if any of it beats my personal stash... we will see.

Got my limb choices made veneers, Lams, and wedges ground.  I'm thinking walnut wedges would look better to give it some contrast with the amber a-boo and myrtle veneers.  I will let the myrtle sit in the Florida sun a little to see if they darken up a little.  

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My favorite combo is Myrtle and Walnut...  those are going to be beautiful!!!!

All those veneers have me oogling at y'all glass bow guys.  Great looking stuff there Shawn!

thanks y'alls are looking pretty sweet too.  I got em out in the sun getting a tan and drying up a little.  


I'm still thinking walnut wedges going to go make some here pretty soon.

That is looking very impressive ...man i am looking forward to seeing what you get after the tan...wow!

Here is where I am at -

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6" Brace
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Drawn to 24"
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Please chime in with any advice please  :)

What wood are you working with Duck?   Have an american elm roughed out that looks almost identical to yours.  Don't plan to use it for my trade bow though, unless necessary.

wow duck thats awesome

It's Hickory.
Here are the stats -
68" TtT
4" handle
1 1/2" fades from handle
1 1/2" fades to levers
2" wide working limbs
levers taper from 3/4" to 1/2" ( I will thin them later)
The working limbs are 16" and the levers are 13"

Shawn, that is a lot of wood to dry out in FL , if ya send me some I can dry it out quicker here in the desert and send most of it back to ya...

Duck, that is a cool looking bow, feel free to also send it my way...

Very nice Duck!!!

Finally got a day to work on a couple possibles for my victum....  One a takedown and ones not   :)  

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Wow some very good looking bows being made. Glass guys have an early jump on us self bows guys and yall are looking great.

A mollie bow that is awesome.

Coaster any bow you ship out I will gladly take be it a take down or long bow, but I dont have a take down yet. But I dont have a mollie either, or one them pretty glass bows with all the different woods.

Oh man I want them all.

Just had a great idea! Next year I'm gonna hire a high school kid to hack Kelly and sticks' computers and send everyone PMs that they got my name! That way I WILL get em all! Buahahaha (evil laugh)

That mollie is awsome...very well done

I've got to get my hands on some myrtle.  Really cool looking stuff

Nice kip, what chance do I have of you getting my name twice?  Ahh what the heck, I am in love with everything I have seen so far.

wow coaster. looking good. makes me want to try making a TD, but i'm just afraid to cut a good bow in half.....on purpose. soon as my back is feeling better(slipped disc) i'll be working up some hickory or locust, maybe an ash or maybe even a dogwood bow. have a chance to get some lower elev. yew and some vine maple and a couple cascara staves. so now i may have too many to choose from.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm ya never know Ralph ....  But I kinda hope you drew me????

Moose I started with billets so it's not a bow yet   :archer2:

I like that duck!

Thanks! It's my first attempt at a molle, I hope it turns out good enough to use in the swap. I am thinking I might stain it with an ebony stain and try to inlay a partial leather handle/floppy rest.

Wow, looks like lots of people are off to a great start with their bows!  As soon as I wrap up my trapping season in a couple weeks, I'm going to start rasping away.  I have a couple wood options for a selfbow all seasoned and ready to go - elm, hop hornbeam, hickory.

My son Colton and I caught the beaver below this past weekend...it's currently in 1st place for largest (60#)...the winner gets to donate a $300 cash prize to their charity of choice (kind of cool).  Earlier this season I completed an ash bow with a beaver tail handle wrap - made as a "thank you" gift for a friend (pict of bow and recipient below but hard to see handle wrap)...worked out great but a bit tedious (or should I say "tendon'ious") to flesh out.  My trade bow will hopefully have this guys tail wrapped around the handle as well as some fur on the string for silencers.  I thought it would be cool to make a bow called "The Beaver Stick" and use a small wood carver on the bow back and tips to give the appearance of beaver chew marks...and of course use the tail, and some fur on the bow.  

Good luck on your bow projects!
Dino

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sounds like a great idea for a swap bow, Dino.can't wait to see the progress

Nice Dino, love a beavertail wrap!!!

Another candidate, maybe this Mulberry???

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Kip if your having trouble deciding you can just box up all three and send em to me when you get em done!

I bout got this one ready to lay a bow out but after looking it over good I think I need to take another ring off. I couldn't let you guys get to far ahead...
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Man, these are lookin' great! Glad I don't have to choose one from all of 'em!  :notworthy:  
Very nice work, fellas!

Hey Dino I've only skined one beaver tail and holy crap was that thing oily.  I couldn't get a grip on anything after I got it on my hands.  I amazed me how much oil came out of the inside of it.  They sure do look good on a bow though.

psychmonky,

The only problem is you have to make everyone a bow that is why I have not already done that. I have trouble enough making just one bow for the swap.

Kip I wish I had your dilemma.

Beaver I may have to get a fur bearers permit for here in KS I see at least a half dozen every year while deer hunting.

My supplies from Kenny for my swap bow arrived today.  Gray angle cut actionwood lams, gray action riser block.  I'm gonna put some contrasting paduak and osage in the riser.  Not sure when I'll get a chance to start on it.

Meanwhile,I'm still thinkin......

Me too Kenny.  I am finishing a couple bow that I started last fall and then I hope to get started.  

Some great looking bows already started!

Who in the hell would want a bow made from gray angle cut actionwood and a gray riser? Didn't Kenny have any good colors? Send it back...  :laughing:

Roy, I was at his shop back at Thanksgiving and he had some real pretty wood of all kinds but I didn't see any of his pink wood.  Wonder where it all went?  :dunno:

Ummm, Roy, what is that one you gots?

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Boy howdy Kenny.  I forgot about that one.  You may need to send out a recall notice on it and send it to Arkansas.  Roy prolly don't shoot it too good anyways since it has glass in it.

You better watch where you put that bow down. That gray ghost would just disappear in the woods.
Dave.

QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
Who in the hell would want a bow made from gray angle cut actionwood and a gray riser? Didn't Kenny have any good colors? Send it back...    :laughing:  

Well Roy, since you didn't get in the swap this year, you won't have to worry about it coming to you.

Texas, never seen an ugly yellow bow, look forward to your progress

David, ya did see that green door in the back of Kennys shop? The one under lock and chain? Well that's where he stores the purty pink stuff:)  

Ok McKenzie, I have a bow that looks like that one. Ands I love it.... Good deal Johnny Boy, hope your swap bow makes someone very happy. And for the record, I requested the gray angle cut actionwood and gray riser from Mr. McKenzie.

I'm along with kenny I'm still thinking too..Although I'm pretty sure the riser is gonna be bacote with some kind of osage shape in it.  I know its boo backed ipe with osage power lam and deer antler tips.  Maybe bacote tip underlays (depends on how much I have left from the riser) and just hope all of that is ok with ******** ** **** ******* ******* *'s taste

Having a real hard time deciding on a trade bow 1 piece forward handle design or 3 piece with rear mount limbs. But this is where I'm at.
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Either would be great but if were voting  :)  "3 piece with rear mount limbs" never shot one like that but always looked like they would point real well....  Lookin good   :thumbsup:

Well if you can't decide which one for your swap bow, just send me both    ;)

Looks like a real speedy design you got there.

Got her shaped out, gotta go to a darn work party or I,d be shooting her tonight. Guess it'll have to wait till tomorrow. I think the walnut/purple heart is looking ok.

"Chief" isn't much help, leaves teeth marks in everything he holds for me!
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Yeah, heartland!  That's looking slick as deer snot!  The profile on that bow is perfect.  I particularly like the riser profile.  Nice to see another Nebraskan in the trade this year.  :)

John,
First bow off this form hopefully it'll be quick, smooth, shootable.

Cory makes a nice rear limb mount! Here's a pic of the one he made for me. Thanks again Cory.
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Thanks Curt!

Thanks Dave!

Looking good! I do like purple and brown together but hate working with Purple Heart.

Good looking bows being put together.... Might have to get started on my trade bow!

Been shooting my plan"A" bow, osage self bow with a knot and a few wiggles in it.  Put about 100 arrows through it so far and I like how it shoots.  Need to get weight down a few pounds yet and tweak the tiller a little more.  Ill try to get a few pics up soon.

Weather is supposed to warm first of the week for afew days. Hopefully I will be able to get my finishing touches on my new shop. All I need to do prime and paint.

Afterwards, it's on to bow building.

Troy

Sweet looking bows being built.

I finally got rolling on my trade bow for ?????????  I have always made my risers with a wooden I-beam but this time i am going with green g-10.  I think it will look good if I can keep the curls in line from the maple and only expose the g-10 in the shelf area! I hope it works?
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Got some time off from work.  So top limb and riser sandwiched ready for cooking.

Great lookin work, guys, I scrapped my plan, lams didn't suit me......

QuoteOriginally posted by Dmaxshawn:
Got some time off from work.  So top limb and riser sandwiched ready for cooking.

Forgot the pic.

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I'm going to work on mine tonight.

Dang, there's some nice bows being built here!
Each year they get better and better.

Good looking stuff showing up.got mine roughed out today.but i do have a back up plan

Cory , not sure how I skipped over your post but that rear limb bow looks awesome!

I got a hackberry stave in the mail today. This will be my first shot at a self bow. The stave is 68". My plan is to leave it 1.75" to mid limb and then taper it to 1/2".

how should I handle this knot? it is about 5" from the end of the stave and right in the middle of the limb
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Started on my swap bow today for *********.  Cut some quarter sawn sycamore and some figured walnut for limbs/riser today.  No pics yet - my phone died.  I'll hafta get them tomorrow.  But man, oh man!  That quarter sawn sycamore looks sa-weet!  I may have to keep this one for myself and make something else for the swap!

Joe

Will, keep us updated on that stave I have a hackberry stave that will be my first bow and I am really looking forward to it.

Joe, hope ya get some pics soon! I love how flakey sycamore can be.

Citycop, I would just go for a non bending handle since it's your first self bow and not be to awful concerned about that knot. But on the other hand if it does bend just a hair at the handle it should still be fine. Just be careful with a scraper when cleaning around it and don't violate your ring and you will be golden!

Sounds like a good combination, but then I've always been partial to curly maple.

went to Kalamazoo yesterday. great show, gave me lots of ideas. now to go shopping for **************'s materials. GREAT job fellas on your progress

All the bows are looking great guys!  

I am still thinking.  I am thinking that this piece of osage looks pretty tuff but may make a really interesting bow.  Got some nice skins that would come alive on something with this many curves and bumps.  

I'll take the bark and sap wood off to see what it looks like.
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QuoteOriginally posted by David Flanrey:
All the bows are looking great guys!  

I am still thinking.  I am thinking that this piece of osage looks pretty tuff but may make a really interesting bow.  Got some nice skins that would come alive on something with this many curves and bumps.  

I'll take the bark and sap wood off to see what it looks like.
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That's a great looking stave right there!

Man David, that is gonna be a cool bow!!

Here's what I've got going so far.
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Got a couple knives to work on first, but planning on some spliced veneers on the limbs with a bamboo core, and trying to show off that figure in the walnut with a curvy sycamore accent in the riser.  Should be really purty for **^&$&@**!

Here is take two, if'n I don't change my mind again....  :D  

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Thats nice right there Kenny

Three sets of billets cut today, 2 are Osage one is Bloodwood.  What do you guys think Bamboo backed Bloodwood or Bamboo Backed Osage?

I have this one to a 6" brace height and the r/d limb is challenging but I do have it pulled to 23".  I may hold off on the tiller shot until ________  _________ _ gets it.  I've short shot it a few times and it currently feels nice.  I'm just scraping to hit weight now.  I think 15# I was shooting for   :knothead:  

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Oh and this might end up arriving as well...

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Wow!, You guys are really cranking it up. Sure are some nice looking glass and self bows starting to take shape.  Someone said it before and I agree, the quality of bows and workmanship gets better every year.  Keep it coming!

I took some of the belly wood off the hackberry stave today. I'm thinking a 4" handle and 2"fades how does that sound for a 68" bow?

Pretty swanky zebras !!

You guys are making some nice looking bows!  Kenny - that is some cool looking wood - don't change your mind again.  Goose I love the knots sticking out the back off that self bow.

I am going to have to get into this next year    :bigsmyl:  

In the mean time I will just admire the ones made this year!

Holy cow there's some nice bows!!

Kenny, that zebra will look good. There's some great starts on the selfbows and glass bows, alot of nice looking wood.

I got one shooting today, not sure if I'm happy with it though. I think my riser shifted a bit in the form, the best I can get without cutting the tips off is 1/4 pos tiller.
I probably shouldnt mess with it though.
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pulled the 4 bows out heat box, hickory,osage,ipe tri lams floor tillered one for trade bow maybe shooting by tomorrow, down to 1/2 gal urac glue guess it wont be long I will be into the gal of cascopen.

Kenny, that looks like tigerwood...

Dan, go bloodwood. I want to see it.

Nice goose.

I got mine about that far too.

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I keep working on the right limb but it just won't give.

Kenny, that is some premo looking lam wood you got there.  What length bow you gonna make?

Joe, I want to see that sycamore.  Looks great!

Goose, is that a piece of Kay County there or some burlington?

Spent a few hours working on mine tonight and have it
about ready to put some heat on it... Still need to work on the belly taper tho its still about a 1/8 or so to thick. It's 66" x 13/8 wide.
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Hope this knot won't be a problem and really hope those little checks are gone after its at weight.
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Some really nice looking bows you guys are posting.

Dang there is a lot of cool looking wood floating around on here.  Everything looks great and that serious.  Got a new favorite every time I pull this up.

David I think it is some keokuk or at least that's what the fella who gave it to me said it was.

Nice blade.  That bow you are working on looks great to this point and I know those knots are quite a challenge.

Goose, that blade is cool!  Do you knap, or did you get that finished from someone?  I've got a whole box full of flint, obsidian, and keokuk already heat treated and ready to go, but I look like a dang monkey with tools trying to make something that looks like anything.   :knothead:  
If you've got any tips or maybe a tutorial, I'd love to see!

Joe

Rainman...I'd opt for bamboo backed osage over bloodwood any day of the week.  It's a proven winner.

Osage slats cut, recurve inserts shaped, form set-up and the bamboo is cut and ready to thin..Now if it would just warm up...-28 outside..The heater in the garage is struggling.

The last picture was some left-over purple heart and maple from a handle..Just so there is no confusion,,,

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lets see if my first shot at poasting a pic works...
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went to see primitivesniper66 and he was hard at work on his trade bow... tri lam ,looking good
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i will show off some more of curts work on this sweet looker as i learn how to work my comp...

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Oh,,, I just spilled my coffee and drool is running down my chin!

Sweet stick Soy!

Soy that one is awesome bud. I hope you drew me.

Soy, I hope you got a real nice skin for that stick!  And I hope it slithers it's way to my hourse.  :thumbsup:

Has anyone done a good how-to with the take-down sleeves. I have a couple of candidates for 2-piece take-downs and was thinking of using that system.

QuoteOriginally posted by soy:
lets see if my first shot at poasting a pic works...
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That is so great looking. I can't wait to see what the finished bow looks like.

wow!  That snake is sweeeeeet!

Niiice Stave Soy.

4est Trekker I have seen some real nice Bloodwood bows.  Osage and Bloodwood are both in the Mulberry family of trees.

Well I got the pieces laid out today for *******'s bow.  Brown glass for back, zebra under clear for belly and zebra riser with a few red and black accents.  Now for a little more temp so I can work in my unheated garage.  Smooth on is just to hard to spread nicely below about 55-60 degrees.


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Good looking wood Al.  Looking forward to seeing your bow.

gee,thanks for setting the bar so high fellas. I'm starting to lose sleep at night   :D  
awesome work so far, hard to believe one of these bows could be mine !!

Lots of great looking bows here guys.  I found one last rough sawn cherry board in the barn with straight grain thick enough to resaw into two staves.  I glued them up with with hickory backings.  They are cut to shape and I've got some overlays and handle pieces ready to glue on and then I'll be ready to cut some string grooves and start tillering.  If one of those doesn't come out to my liking I have a couple other ideas to try.

It feels good to be working on a bow again.   :)

I love jumping on this thread and seeing all these beautiful arts of work knowing that someone may be heading to the woods this fall (I hope) with my creation and vise versa!!! Keep up the good work guys... Oh and you too Ol Man Roy!

Soy that is a sweet looking stik. I bet if you skin that bow someone might try and kill it. Heck I don't know if the wife will let me put it in the house if it is coming my way.

I hope it turns out that good!!!

thought I'd ask what would be the best way to ship a one-piece longbow. pvc tube? cardboard tube ? What have you guys done in the past with good results ?

Me to Soy that a killer piece a wood. Well got mine all heated up tonight....guess we'll see how it goes.
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That snake sure! Would look goot in my hand.(;-)

Or even kennys zebra

Wow, what a snakey stave!! Cool!!  :bigsmyl:

Beautiful starts!!

That snake is NUTS!!!

Beautiful starts!!

That snake is NUTS!!!

Beautiful starts!!

That snake is NUTS!!!

Beautiful starts!!

That snake is NUTS!!!

One more time for ole Kipper:)

Beautiful starts!!

That snake is NUTS!!!

I got everything ready for glue up tonight.   Try to get it in the form tomorrow night after work.  Still haven't made up my mind what I want to go with the bacote riser yet.  I was thinking osage but maybe maple.  I didn't have a long enough piece of osage to make a powerlam out of so I had to use a piece of maple.   So I might use maple in the riser to match it.   And I know all these words are boring without pictures. lol

QuoteOriginally posted by D:
I got everything ready for glue up tonight.   Try to get it in the form tomorrow night after work.  Still haven't made up my mind what I want to go with the bacote riser yet.  I was thinking osage but maybe maple.  I didn't have a long enough piece of osage to make a powerlam out of so I had to use a piece of maple.   So I might use maple in the riser to match it.   And I know all these words are boring without pictures. lol

BORRRRING! LOL

How you been D? You going to the Classic?

What can I say....  Turrets   :dunno:

Josh,
I ship my longbows in PVC tubes.  Never had any problems.
David

PVC pipe with a couple of end caps and lots of duct tape has yet to fail me.  I have received a couple of items in the long cardboard tubes where they were smashed and bent.  My .02

QuoteOriginally posted by Thadbow:
I finally got rolling on my trade bow for ?????????  I have always made my risers with a wooden I-beam but this time i am going with green g-10.  I think it will look good if I can keep the curls in line from the maple and only expose the g-10 in the shelf area! I hope it works?
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That should be great!  How did you cut that stuff, in your bandsaw!

Roy, I thought they took away your "right to pick on people" card, when you wimped out on us this year. Guess the mods are going soft or their scared of a thumpin.

Don't take it from him Coaster, give it right back to the old geezer.    :knothead:    :deadhorse:

I am tempting fate.  Got my riser cut up, phenolic in , glued up and in the hot box.  only 35 degrees in garage.  I put a couple tarps over box and taped securly around.  these are the silver tarps, silver in towards box.  going to let it set 5 1/2 hours.  We will see.  Worst case, I have to get a new riser block.  Just wanted to see if I could glue up at the lower temps.

It'll cure fine in your hot box, stick a meat thermometer in to see what temp your getting. If your not getting at least 150 leave it in till bedtime tonight,smooth on will cure at 70 degrees if ya give it 24 hours. I've been putting mine in the oven at 130 to 140 for 8 hours and haven't had lams come apart.

I just told my wife I was moving the operation indoors due to inclimate weather! She gave me a look but didn't say anything, so I took that to mean ok!

Joe

David & Goose, thanks for the info. PVC it shall be

Lol cabbage I'm not sure how long you've been married, but that's not what that look meant.

QuoteOriginally posted by psychmonky:
Lol cabbage I'm not sure how long you've been married, but that's not what tha   :laughing:   t look meant.

It'll be 8 years this fall, so long enough to know better.    :laughing:  
Actually, the hot box is buried behind a bunch of guitars, drums, and a keyboard. Need to get that room straightened up so I van start cramming on these bows!

I put about 50 arrows through the molly I'm building for the trade. It shoots where I'm looking, but it's going to be a close call making weight...

Ran out of time today to get the bushings and pins installed. But it's going to be a bow soon.  The myrtle looks great.  Should finish out around XX pounds. @ XX inches.   I sure hope _______   ________  __________ enjoys it.  

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Shawn,
You have our attention with that myrtle  The red flare in the riser is going to really set it off.
It looks right handed that's a good sign.    :bigsmyl:

Maybe I drew the same pattern on the other side!!!!     HAHA!!! Oh this is fun fun fun!!!


I will be using the impala horn for the tips.  The riser is bostgone walnut with myrtle walnut red phenolic accents.  It looks plain now but when wetted it comes to life with lots of curl.

I can see that curl clear to MO!! Lookin good Shawn!

Guess I need to get started, hadda give myself time to change my mind again. If I'm still in the same mood this weekend, I'll glue her up....

QuoteOriginally posted by Dmaxshawn:
Ran out of time today to get the bushings and pins installed. But it's going to be a bow soon.  The myrtle looks great.  Should finish out around XX pounds. @ XX inches.   I sure hope _______   ________  __________ enjoys it.  

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The weight and draw length are perfect Shawn - just what I was looking for XX pounds @ XX inches!

Hey stiks yeah I'm doing pretty good and am for sure going to the Classic.  I'm sure you'll be busy but you better look me up anyway lolol

Got mine in the form tonight.  Well the ipe and bamboo anyway.  Haven't got the riser cut out yet.  I'll try to get some pics up tomorrow.

Hey Duck don't worry too much about hitting weight I'll like it just fine no matter if its on or not..lolol

Boy Shawn i shure hope those three dashes =s o y    :thumbsup:

Thanks guys.  Gotta go play fireman today so I wont get any more done to my trade bow til thursday.  

Get her bending or I might go hunting for piggies.

Beachbowhunter: I did use the bandsaw with a metal cutting blade to cut the g10 material.
Right now it looks like when I install the inserts, they will be into the g10 about 3/8".  That is about what I was looking for just to give it some more strength!
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Guys,
I'm torn on what to do. The bar is set so high here that I'm questioning my ability to build a great bow, about all I have left to do on my trade bow (maybe) is put specs on it. The bow is smooth drawing, pointable and shoots a 10gpp arrow in the mid 170s at 28".

The bow has an purpleheart/walnut i-beam riser w/ purpleheart belly lams; maple,glass, and walnut core; and a black glass back.

Shall I ship it or not, what ya guys think?

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Ship it...there's nothing wrong with that bow.

Shawn can't wait to see those limbs finished !!!!

Cory,,,,,Ship it!!!!! it will get here in time for the local 3d shoot   :)

Something wrong????

Dude, that's one nice looking bow!!!

Ship that puppy!!!

I dang sure wouldn't be disappointed with it...

Troy

Wow heartland !!!ship that baby i'll be stocking the mail man   :notworthy:

That's a beauty of a bow.  Ship it !!!  There's not a thing wrong with it.

Heartland, that is a great looking bow! I would be over the moon to receive a bow like that.
Dave.

Ok thanks guys  it's gonna ship out this afternoon or tomorrow  morning. Hope **** ***** likes it. He should have it Saturday or Monday.

Cory

P.S. sorry for giving everyone the frustration of waiting till sat or Monday. The wait for it to be delivered will be maddening for me too.

Dang Cory!!! That's all I got to say...

Worked on one of two possibilities today. Got the other limb thinned down some on the snakey elm stave. Also shaped the handle some...If I pull this off this is gonna need skins and gonna look awesome. Best maybe I have turned out but there is a long ways to go.

Justin

Got the first 3 shots out of the snakey,decided to put cocobolo tip overlays on it the glue shuld be set up tonight....hope to have kt shaped up and shot in by the end of the weekend....hopefully the skins will be here and on the bow sometime next week   :pray:

Ok **** it is shipped, hopefully you are shooting it Saturday morning.

Holy cow ! There are some very nice bows coming along. I haven't started yet and don't even know what I'm going to do. But there's a lot of good inspiration here.

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Andy

QuoteOriginally posted by heartlandbowyer:
Ok **** it is shipped, hopefully you are shooting it Saturday morning.

Good.  Now I have something to look forward to on the weekend   ;)

I'll give you guys a clue its going south of uuuuuuhhhhhhh the north pole.   :laughing:

Thats me.thats me

I got one about done but im kicking it out starting over

Pictures! Please.   :D  
Dave.

Swiss... me too, I haven't even started and someone has one on the way already.   :dunno:

I finished a paper weight in the shape of a take down riser today.  If it didn't have phenolic in it it would be fire wood.  I'm so proud as I never made a paper weight before.

Dang, I better get busy!! I haven't started and Cory has already shipped..... mine!  :bigsmyl:

Geez there is a beauty already on the way to its new home..Thats awsome.  That was super fast and well done.

Mine is still setting up in the bowshed in the form.  Just too tired (lazy) from working to go work on it.  She can just sleep in the bowshed tonight and I'll get to her tomorrow.

QuoteOriginally posted by Al Dean:
I finished a paper weight in the shape of a take down riser today.  If it didn't have phenolic in it it would be fire wood.  I'm so proud as I never made a paper weight before.

Al - I gotta ask...What turned it into a paper weight as opposed to a riser?

Here's some progress pics, osage, 65" ntn.
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close up of knot on top limb
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belly view of knot
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Al, sorry to hear that what happened?

Cory

That looks great dan.I will be out your way end of march for a sporting clays shoot so i could just pick it up and save you the postage  :pray: --Joe

I could make the riser work but not good enough for my trade bow.  Most of what happened is the riser warped in the hot bow.  Got about a 3/32 warp in it side to side.  I may have over compensated for the cold temps.  8 1/2 hours and the box was shut off when I went to shut down, so I was getting temps with my 150-180 thermostat.  Don't know if riser block was a little to high in moisture or what.  No biggie.  To cold in the garage anyway.  Patience!!!!

Al, I've been there before had some zebra that went in strait  and came out twisted 1/10th of a turn, it was a piece that had waxed ends when I started, so I'm sure it was high in moister.

Cory

Finished up an Elm "character" bow yesterday. I was building it more for practice than anything else. I also got some Osage staves yesterday. One looks pretty good, the other one is really crazy looking, all twisty and knotted up. I will probably go with the good looking stave and some rawhide backing for *******  ***'s bow. I've really been enjoying the pics of all the beautiful bows being built here, thanks fellas!

Lucas

Oh yeah I forgot to include this with the bow 7 3/4 to 8 brace,  7 7/8 shot the best for me.
Just checked USPS tracking estimated delivery February 1.

Joe, where you shooting at?  There's a club about 1/4 mile from home.  Maybee you could tell me how you'd like it finished, lol.

Dang overachievers!  I've got to finish up a couple knives before I can start on my trade bow, and it looks like I'd better hurry.     :eek:  

Joe

Dan,shoot is at wellsboro,but i have shot at york-adams many times.Grew up in new oxford,my brother and father live in abbottstown.Moved to jersey in 85 for a woman.I was young back then so don't hold it against me.Not my best idea!For the finish,dark red stain at the tips fading out 1/3 down the limbs and some racing stripes would be nice,and could you mount a scope on her for me?I aint that good of a shot!!!

Got my riser block done and cut some veneers, ground the 'boo lams, so couple days should be a glue up and my HH style trade bow will be starting to take shape.Hope @#$%^&*#@$ likes it!

i have to be honest i am not the biggest fan of my own work ...but i am haveing a struggle now seeing this unfold.. .man i hope ***###*** enjoys voodoo as imho it is looking good...the cocobolo tips are on
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QuoteOriginally posted by heartlandbowyer:
Oh yeah I forgot to include this with the bow 7 3/4 to 8 brace,  7 7/8 shot the best for me.
Just checked USPS tracking estimated delivery February 1.

I can't wait! That's an awesome bow and I can't believe they can ship to Florida that fast   :knothead:

Worked a bit more on one of my candidates. I got the 2pc braced. The sleeve has a bit of forward and back play but side to side is snug. When I get it tillered and shooting I'll decide if I like it enough to send it. I had a ******* custom that did the same thing and shot fine.....  we will see???

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Fill your gap with a little smooth-on you'll be good to go. Bow is looking good though!

Well on to plan "B" ....  BOOM!!!!!

Not real sure what happened here??? It's nowhere near the takedown....  Oh well, Next   ;)  

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Today I continued on roughing out my elm stave. Got the lines flowing except for one tip. Some how there was a small saw mark on it and I have been trying to thin down the limb evenly to get rid of it. Here are the tips and the stave all roughed out.. Time to remove belly wood next to get it floor tillered.

Any comments or changes I should make please let me know.. Hoping this turns out nicely for **************!!!
The limbs in the pic are even... just looks off at the tips because there is twist in the stave
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One tip... I may have to even this one out a tad.. its the one with the saw mark on the inside part of the bend
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Other tip
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This has been a blast so far... Love looking at all your guys work. Makes mine look like a 1st grader attempt

That sucks kipper! I'm still working on mine. It just won't drop any weight. It's got me nervous.

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Great group of snakey bows.

Y'all know it's still January right?  I gotta get after it if folks are already shipping!!   :deadhorse:

I'll be looking on my doorstep tomorrow afnoon for my new bow   ;)

Got some iffy sage and some good elm, can't decide what to make for my recip.   got my osage fence post bow spliced back together and i'm reinforcing the grip area.  It's gonna be sweet if it makes it so that may be an option too.

Whadya say, ******?  Wanna 100 yr old fence post bow?

here she was a year ago when i had to put'r aside:

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Should get'r back on the tiller this weekend if all goes well.  Think i'll name her "resurrection" if she lives   :)

Here's a couple more pics of the profile:
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shot my first attempt about 40 time today. Still a little high on weight maybe it come down when I do some more sanding. I have also started on the back up.

All these beautiful wooden bows are awesome.

It has well over 100 arrows through it now and it made weight... by #2...

I put some stain on-

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I'm thinking I may put a little flair on it, but not completely sure yet.

Great looking bows coming together!!!

Kip, sorry to see that happen to ya.  What were the rings like on it?  Got the right limb bending a little better on my osage bow that I posted yesterday and put about 20 more arrows through it today.  Hopefully that big knot won't be a problem.

Kevin, I'll take that old fence post any day, looks like it'll make a real shooter.

Bowhnt, that elm looks great to me so far.  What species of elm is it?  I'm working on an american elm Mollie and a wych elm long bow right now for plan B & C if necessary.

Duck, what are the specs on your mollie, sure is looking good so far.  Started shaing mine today, since it's elm I hope I allowed enough width and thickkness to make weight.

Here are the stats -
68" TtT
4" handle
1 1/2" fades from handle
1 1/2" fades to levers
2" wide working limbs
levers taper from 3/4" to 3/8"
The working limbs are 16" and the levers are 13"

You selfbow guys are on whole different level, much respect to you all, great looking bows too.

I LIKE THEM ALL!!!!!!! Nuff said. lolol

Im sure i got room for one from ever body

I was able to get my tips on and riser profiled.  I went with a honey colored buffalo horn I had.  Tomorrow I hope to get tips finished.   I hope _______ ________ _______________  (whew that's a long name) likes them.  


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C/duck love the look of your mollie, good work!

I like that 100 year old fence post.  Are you sure its cured enough?

Lol, i dunno Al after all that and then sitn around for a year in bow dimensions, it may have some seasoning left   :D

I put'r on the tree this morning after re-doing the handle area, she bent with not probs so far   :)

QuoteOriginally posted by k-hat:
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I don't care if you are somewhere warm, put some damn shoes on in January, will ya?

 :readit:

I've been struggling with my design a little bit.  Couldn't decide what to use in the riser.  But now I have an 8/4 myrtle board enroute from Oregon.  Should be good for a few longbow risers.  Of course I have no idea what it looks like.  Taking this one on faith...

Never seen ugly Myrtle  ;)

On faith is the best kind of wood.  


I'm going to pull the tape off today and snap a pic of the myrtle.

Well she came in under weight by 3 pounds.  I'm going to have to redo another bow.  Back to the drawing board.  Going to start over.   I guess it looks ok.  Love the cast of the bow.  

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Love that profile... I don't care if ya missed... Guess I'll take it off your hands lol! Looks great! Justin

Yeah I can live with 3# under,  get her shipped.   :thumbsup:

QuoteOriginally posted by canopyboy:
 

QuoteOriginally posted by k-hat:
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I don't care if you are somewhere warm, put some damn shoes on in January, will ya?

  :readit:  [/b]

Ha!!  Forgot my big Frodo feet were in that pic (well, minus the hair   :rolleyes:   )

That pic was actually taken last April before i set this one aside. If it was today, i would have some socks on   :knothead:

QuoteOriginally posted by heartlandbowyer:
Yeah I can live with 3# under,  get her shipped.    :thumbsup:  

Ditto... I'm waitin!

Already started its twin.   About to glue the riser and make wedges and grind aboo Lams.  


Oh by the way this one that's too light is like butter

Looks great everybody.  What I like seems to change by the day.  Some days one looks great the next day it is something else.  There are particular styles that I didn't used to like but these days after learning a bit about what goes into making a bow they are all works of art.

I could be in trouble if missing by three pounds is bad unless that three pounds is 25% of the total weight.  :p

I've got handles and tips on my two and am ready to start bending them. I'm pretty sure one is going to be pretty light so it will be a practice bow.  Wish me luck.  I know everyone wants pictures!

Dmaxshawn, 3 pounds is totally unacceptable. Send it to me and I'll dispose of her for ya.    :thumbsup:

I will put that one on the rack and finish it later.  The right person will come along one day and they can have it.

Yeah I can live with 3# under,  get her shipped.   :thumbsup:

Shawn,

How do I become the right person?  I'd like to have it...

QuoteOriginally posted by jsweka:
 

QuoteOriginally posted by heartlandbowyer:
Ok **** it is shipped, hopefully you are shooting it Saturday morning.

Good.  Now I have something to look forward to on the weekend     ;)   [/b]

Well guess what guys....I did have something to look forward to this weekend!!!   :bigsmyl:  

When I got home from work this evening, my wife said she went shopping and bought some stuff like towels and junk for the house.  And I'm like "yeah whatever".  Then as I was headed to our bedroom to change clothes, she said "Oh, just a heads up, there's something in our bedroom we really don't need."  So I figured she also bought some other silly decoration type thing.  To my surprise, there was a long package leaning against my dresser that could only be one thing......

Cory -  The bow is AWESOME and I can't believe you actually questioned shipping it.  I couldn't be happier.  I really like the purple heart in the I-beam and belly lams and walnut has always been one of my favorites.  It has a really cool looking strung profile too.

The only down side is that it arrived when we have a -7F wind chill outside.  I did take it out for a few shots this evening and it's a joy to shoot!!  Smooth, fast, quiet and zero handshock.  50-55# spine douglas fir shafts shot like lasers out of it.  I shot until my fingers went numb from the cold.  Man, I wish it was warmer here.

I got my little girl to brave the cold for couple pics.  I'll get some more up when we get some warmer weather.

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So Cory - THANK YOU!!!  YOU ARE A FINE BOWYER!

Am I the first to receive?  Makes me feel guilty about not starting my bow yet.  I've got a three day weekend coming up over President's Day, so that's when I plan to get started.

First one delivered!  Very cool!     :clapper:

now I can relax, John. That awesome bow didn't make it to my house, as I too haven't started yet.
GREAT job on that bow, Cory !!  :thumbsup:

:clapper:  nice work. And yes as far as I am tracking you are the first to get a bow.
And that makes us 1% done this year.

If its a lefty I'm mister right.

Wow ya get taken out with the flu for a few days and ya miss about 10 pages! Nice looking bows and looks like we are off to a good start with one bow received.

QuoteOriginally posted by KellyG:
  :clapper:    nice work. And yes as far as I am tracking you are the first to get a bow.
And that makes us 1% done this year.

I guess that makes Cory and me 1%'ers.  Don't mess with us!!    :laughing:

Well today was an interesting day for me.  I had an infected hair on my cheek from shaving about a week ago.  I got it out and all was well.  The bump went away.  Then the day before yesterday it started swelling and swelling and swelling.  Got on antibiotics that next morning (yesterday).  Got up this morn and it had swelled a little more and my girlfriend is a nurse for my doctor.  She took a pic of my face on her cell phone.  She took it to work and showed my doc.  He said I HAD to go see someone or go to the hospital.  So I had to go right in and see an ear nose and throat doc.  Its never a good sign when the doctor walks in to see you and he says "OH MY". lolol.  I got to be the lucky guy that to be stuck with a big A#$ needle three of four times to open it up.  Doc put his finger inside my mouth and pushed junk out of the nice hole that he made.  Thank goodness for liticane is all I gotta say. Evidentelly I haden't got all of the hair out and it set up a staff infection and then went nuts.   So until my chipmonk cheek goes down and the soreness goes away theres no bow work going on for me.  Shouldn't be too long though.

Thats awsome about one bow being received ALREADY.  Cory it looks like you have done an outstanding job.

D. I had something like that except mine was a cist and I landed mine myself...of course I wear a beard now to hide the scar but at least I didn't have to deal with a doc.

Chipmonk would be a good name for your bow.lol

Drink plenty of liquids, D:)

My new wood is on the way.i will get started again next week

QuoteOriginally posted by goobersan:
now I can relax, John. That awesome bow didn't make it to my house, as I too haven't started yet.
GREAT job on that bow, Cory !!   :thumbsup:  

Yeah, really.  I've been lucky enough the last couple years to get my bow shortly after sending out the one I made.  I keep worrying about the guilt of having received a bow while having procrastinated getting one out.

Great job Cory.  Congrats John.

Now that's a great start Cory, really nice looking bow!

Great job Cory!!  Buuut , ya got the wrong addy on the dang package!!   :saywhat:

Sorry Kenny.  Cory got it right and it ain't goin' nowhere!  If you ever make it up to the big shoot at Denton Hill PA, I might let you hold it    :p

A true friend, to let a feller fondle his bow!   :cool:

Thanks for the kind words guys.

John,
You're welcome for the bow, I enjoyed making the bow as much as you enjoyed receiving it. Now I can kick back and relax and wait for mine to show up at the door.

There are a lot of sweet bows being built, there are gonna be a bunch of happy archers in the next few months.

SaaaaaWeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeT!!!


First one out and what a way to start!!!

I should have mine about to finishing stage before applying finish in couple days. Hope it makes weight. Riser is PNG walnut / hairy/ lacey oak and black wattle belly veneers,all Australian sourced timbers. Core is aboo. Then I have to try and find the best way to get it over there without bankrupting my meager bank balance.Photo next week.

I've got my trade bow tillered out to an inch past my draw length. Everything looks good.  I haven't seen much from ********** so I think I will wait to finish it until I see some progress on their bow.  I'm not worried about them, but I thought it might get some of ypou slackers going.   :biglaugh:    

All I have left is final sanding, shoot in, grip, and then finish.

Well it is 33 degrees this morning.  Bright sunshine and forcast 45-50 for several days.  tjhiunk I will put a limb in the oven this morning and see how things go.  Just need to get started even if it is cool in the garage.

Well, gotta get my slackin rear out to the shop and get started!  :D

What a difference a day makes.  MUCH better this morning.  A lot of the swelling has gone down so should be in the bowshed in a day or so.  


Jeff "Chipmonk" would be a hilrious name for it.  How come you had to scrape your other one??

Good to hear your feeling better D. Funny how little things like that can pack a big punch.
Working on a couple of bows at the moment hoping one will be good enough to join the swap this year.

Looking good everybody!  I have a few hickory staves roughed out and I did some heat corrections this morning on plan A.  While its settling its on to plan B and C!

Beautiful bow, Cory! You're lucky, John!

D, don't fool around with that staph! Serious
S*%@! can happen with that kind of infection, Bro! Keep a close watch. Glad it's better.

As I am getting close to finishing my plan A trade bow I was wondering what to write on the bow. I know weight at draw length and so on, but what name to write on the bow? Do you guys write the persons real name or their TradGang handle?

Got her cookin in my easy-bake oven now, it is kind of experimental, may be 40# or 80# , a new deal plan!

Ol ** ***** *************** * ********* ***** * may just hafta adjust h** draw length to get the right weight out of her, cause I ain't got a plan B!   :laughing:

Dave when your drawlength is as short as yours, your barely past brace height for most people.  :)

Kenny I'm sure yours will be fine.  It always is.   Post some pics of that crazy wood you just happened to have lying around saving for me

Got a limb in the oven 11:00 this morning, out at 4:00.  looks perfect.  Got the other limb in at 5:30.  Will take out 10:30 tonight.  What a nice day, 50 degrees.  It will be good to have both limbs baked.  Just the riser left to cook when I get all the pieces here.  Then temperature out side not so critical.

well, got an idea for my trade bow. thinking of gluing on an antler bur for the arrow rest and tip overlays. not sure what glue to use for them though. any suggestions? still unsure if it will be vine maple, hickory, locust, ash, or cascara.

Dang Al, send that warm air East, barely made 30 here today!

Smooth on holds every thing

I got some better pics today of that beauty Cory made me.  It's a great bow and I about froze my fingers off outside, but it just needed to be shot.

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Nice one no doubt

Man that profile is killer.  And I love those tips.

John, looks good! Someone will love it.

Working on another bow today. A Sudbury-ish 68" bow.
Got it cut out and floor tillered. Looks really nice actually. Like the way the handle flows to the wide portion of the limbs.
Also bought some bubinga for the tips of the other bow I'm finishing up. My plan is to build several types and send the nicest on to to trade bow recipient. I sure hope ********* likes it. This really does push you into new territory. I'm liking it. Looks like the first thing I've learned when building a bow for someone else--I really take a lot more time in order to make it as nice a possible. Up till now- I just got a good tiller on it--put some kinda finish on it and shot the he** out of it.

I'm getting closer to being able to actually work on my trade bow.  Got a few more days then I can start.  Actually I think I'll work on the spliced veneers and riser maybe Monday or Tuesday while I'm waiting to harden a couple knifes.

All you dang overachievers are making me feel like a slacker!    :knothead:

I tried to add some paint... what do you think? Yay or nay?


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I would have went with a stain over paint but I think it looks good anyway. Whom I to say,,, I'm not even swapping this year.

QuoteOriginally posted by CardboardDuck:
I tried to add some paint... what do you think? Yay or nay?]

Yay- looks good!

yay looks great

Like it! Personality is good.

Duck, looks good!

Duck I like the paint.  It looks pretty neat.  I can't wait to shoot it.  lol

Jsweka that bow looks great.  I love the braced profile.  Cory why in the world would you even consider not sending it?  Shes a beauty.  You done a great job.

Ok I couldn't handle setting around anymore.  So off to the bowshed I went.  Got ***************'s bow out of the form and cleaned it up some.  Its not to look at yet but here are a few pics.  The riser is gonna be bacote with a osage arce.  The white part in the drawing is gonna be the osage.  Thats probably pretty self explanatory though..lol

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Also this one is one of mine that I used my branding iron on.  Does anyone have any objections to this being on their bow??  I fill it with glue so you can't feel where it was burnt in, but I assume not everybody wants something burnt into the riser.  

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Wouldn't bother me at all. Adding our personal touches to what we are giving away is part of this swap.

I think it's cool.  Not something i would do just cuz it's not my thing, but i certainly wouldn't mind it.

D, that would be awesome on any bow!

Wouldn't bother me a bit either D.

D - That's a really cool way to make your mark.  My biggest downfall in making a bow is signing it.  It always ends up looking like a little kid wrote on it with a crayon.

You can brand mine.

Seeing all the bows coming together got me feeling like a slacker. I couldn't decide what to build for *- I did know I'd need something for the riser so I put together some woods for a mosaic.
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And got them laid out and glued to some red glass-
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D, branding looks great. where did you get yours? I've done just a little research, was thinking of using one on my bows on the face of the riser. nice work!

Nice brand D, looks great!

Looks good D

Looks good D, can ya brand my name on it while youre at it?

Worked on **** *** ** **** *s bow a bit Sat. and today... Here is a few pics I took along the way..

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wow kenny, that thing is looking sweet.

Kenny and Trux---  You guys are are an inspiration.
Absolutely beautiful work and a good eye for design.
D--Like the brand--always like a personal touch.
AJ

Both Davids and Kenny those are looking sharp  cant decide whice one I want.  that mosaic is going to be awesome  


Oh yes all three

I've been saving scraps to make me a mosaic pieces.  They really make a bow pop

Perty wood there Kenny

Handle spliced and urac applied for Xxxxxx's bow..
The osage was cut from a fencepost taken from a farm in Ohio. Not sure about the age of the wood, but my grandfather worked on the farm as a kid...
Would have turned the post into a selfbow, but with all of the nail holes, I was lucky to get to clean slats..

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I like it Kevin... Hope its coming my way! Really any of the bows I have seen so far I would be tickled with....

Still waiting on my dang glue to show up... it is killing me not getting anywhere on this thing

Hey kenny, when your done with that bandsaw i'd be glad to take it off your hands, i'll even drive up and pick it up for free   :D   That's a nice set-up you have there, and the bow's lookin pretty good too   ;)

Goobersan..My uncle made mine for me.  We were talking about having one made in a D and he gave it to me some time later.  He made it out of a brazing rod and small steel rod.  The straight part of the arrow and the bend in the D is a small steel rod and the broadhead and feathers are made of brass.  I'll get a pic of it of on here tomorrow.  

 Everybodies stuff is looking awsome.  It just blows my mind the stuff that all you talented people come up with.

Yay from me Duck. 'D' looks great also.

Trux doing mosiacs like yours would drive me right around the bend!Really great stuff!

Thanks guys- Bob other than a little extra time they are fairly easy. This one should be ready to glue into a riser today- just need to get a riser prepared for it....

What you guys drinking!!!! There are some CRAZY COOL lookin bows going on here, CRAZY!!!!!!

Been away for a few days and I see that there are several great looking bows coming along and some even finished and shipped.  Wow!

I did get to work on that nasty osage stave some.  Here are a couple pics to show what I'm  dealing with.  I think it should have been a fence post!  I do now have it down to a good ring.  I had to go about an inch further than I wanted because of some checking.

IF!! it makes a bow I'm calling it "Knot Head"

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Perfect !!  that's my nickname. I'll be waiting for it to arrive   :laughing:

That's a gnarly beast for sure!
Dave.

David that's some fun times right there... psh maybe fence post for the lighthearted.

Well.... What do ya think? Ship it, or chop it? I shot another 75 or so arrows through it this afternoon, it spits em out pretty good and where I'm lookin' so that's a plus  :)  It shot best with a 6.5" brace and wood #45-50 29" arrows with 125gr points

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All I have to do is sign it and ship it...

Sign and ship it- you'll make someone's day!!

Looks great.

Ship it!   :thumbsup:  
Dave.

Duck,

I say ship it out quick, that is one cool bow!

Lucas

Great lookin' bows!

D, the personal touches make bows special!
 :clapper:

Got my wood for plan b today.pictures soon

Like the old design on that on Duck, great job!

Here is what that knot filled osage stave gave me.  Twins!  One looks better than the other.


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Ship it Duck! awesome bow.

Are these cracks fatal?  Osage, knot is about 10" above the fade.  I've been shooting this bow on and off for two weeks and it seems like it develops more cracks everytime I shoot it.  I've been filling them with CA glue as they show up.  The bow shoots well, has not taken any more set since tillering, and is holding weight.
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I was hoping this would be my trade bow, but I don't want to ship anything that could be a problem.

Thanks for the compliments on the bow, I just hope ** **** ** **** likes it  :)


Here is a couple of shots -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBzjmasVpo0

Well I have the glue ups and rough shape on riser done.  Now to start making it look like a bow.
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Heck yeah Duck send it now!!!!!  It looks great.

Al that looks great so far

David those are some sweet looking staves.

Jeff (whossbows) asked me to post these for him

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I guess it's ok ,Duck:)

Dan, what's the worst that could happen? BOOM:) They do look scary though.

QuoteOriginally posted by David Flanrey:
Here is what that knot filled osage stave gave me.  Twins!  One looks better than the other.


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They are both no good you better send them to me to be properly disposed of to insure your safety... to show my concern I will even pay postage   :readit:

Flanrey, where'd you get them beauties? i can't get anything that nice up here.

al, lookin good.

I'm getting the itch over here I just need to clear out and set up my new shop...

Roy, if I were planning to keep it for myself, I wouldn't care, but hate to send someone a bow that could be a bomb waiting to explode.  I never worked osage with a knot like that, was hoping that one of the more experienced osage guys would give their opinions.  The stave is almost 3 years old and has been shaped and tillered close to finished since last spring, don't know why it is cracking like that.

Mark me as shipped  :)  *** **** ***** **** *** should have a tube waiting for them on Thursday!!!!!

Craig,
Me and my good friend Briam Oden cut this one locally here in Arkansas.  It was a blown over tree on a creek bank and all the limbs grew up from the trunk.  I almost didn't bring it home.  It has been been in the dry in my shop for about 4 years.  We don't have an orver abundance of osage here in northeast Arkansas.
David

Well got some work done on a cherry pyramid style bow. Reduced the handle area and cleaned up the fades a little. Then got it on the caul to straighten it up a bit and induce some reflex. Doing one limb at a time so will be a 4-5 days before I can work on it some more.
Would have some photo's but PB is as slow as a wet week tonight and it may be hours before my photo's load and then I'll spend an hour farting about with them to get them to the right size. Unless I still have the old settings in place and they auto size like they are supposed to. Here's hoping.

All the bows coming out are looking better and better. Keeping the pressure on for everyone. I love this swap.

Got photo bucket sorted out and here are some photo's. Not sure if this will end up as my swap bow, but it is one of the options.

This one shows some of the misalignment of this stave

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Some of the pattern in the limbs

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With oil on it for heating. I'm liking the pattern and hope I don't loose too much of the heart wood in the tillering.
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Ready for the heat.

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That is some nice looking wood, good luck with it.

I love seeing all this movement on bows. I will try and get some pic up of something now that I have the bunny stomp behind me.

Good looking bow Duck, gonna be another happy swapper!

Cubie, where the heck ya been, son?

I might have a change of plans with my riser.  I'm thinking the bacote is gonna clash with the ipe.  I might make the same design but swithch the osage and bacote.  Make the arc out of bacote instead of osage.  

What do ya'll think??  Think the bacote would clash with the ipe??

Some one raised this question before but i never seen any answers. What does everybody write on their trade bows. the guy's real name or TG user name? Mine is just getting all the finish coats on it at the moment and then I have to find the best way to ship it over there.

QuoteOriginally posted by bigbob2:
Some one raised this question before but i never seen any answers. What does everybody write on their trade bows. the guy's real name or TG user name? Mine is just getting all the finish coats on it at the moment and then I have to find the best way to ship it over there.

I had asked that question a week ago and I didn't get any answers, so I ended up writing the persons real name on the bow. I also put the draw weight at draw length and TradGang 2013 Bow Trade.

I think it's your preference.  People have put their real name on some, user name on others, and sometimes both.  I think the majority probably use the real name, but I would be happy either way. I do think putting TG Bow Swap 2013 or something like that is important.

I go with  the persons real name and reference tradgang 2013 bow swap

I did,
Made for
J Sweka
by
Cory Engert
TG Swap 2013

You can just put Goose Gossett.     :readit:

Thanks Gents.

I like both. But like Goose said, just put my name on it, I'll be happy.  :bigsmyl:

I finally got some time in the shop.
I have a BBI glued up. Might make the cut.
Testing posting a,picture since photo bucket and me are not getting along. Work on better pic's later.

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Looks good so far Mac.

Sorry for not posting a reply the first time, but I put the peoples real name.  Even though it really doesn't matter for me cause nobody can read what I write.  I can't write on bows worth crap.

I put the last coat of finish ion my trade bow tonight. Since I don'thave to ship till July I'm thinking Osage tattoo.

QuoteOriginally posted by DVSHUNTER:
I put the last coat of finish ion my trade bow tonight. Since I don'thave to ship till July I'm thinking Osage tattoo.

Osage tattoo -- is that what happens when you try to tiller too fast and it blows and smacks you on the forehead?  If that's the case, I almost got one of those once.    :smileystooges:

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Osage tattoo

Nice!

Ron, good looking bow!
Dave, that is a nice touch! Does it last forever?

JUst go ahead and send that BBI to Florida .  I remember the osage tattoo bow.

How many trips to the tanning bed did that bow make DVS?  If I remember right it was close to double digits.

Hey, that's pretty cool! Much better way of getting an osage tattoo, too.

That one I had plots of time and just used the sun and a grow light to darken it up.  The pa trade bow went to the tanning bed pretty often.  I was pressed for time and the tanning place allowed it so... Why not?   :goldtooth:  

Ive got time so natural its gonna be. I just don't know what to put.

Ralph, I don't know about forever, but it stays different as long as it is equally exposed to sun.

Hey Dave ever thought about doing a spray on tan..lolol  In all seriousness that looks really cool.  Its a great idea.

I've got more pictures to post for Jeff (whossbows).   I'll let him explain all about em.

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hey, so I'm getting some more ideas for this swap bow.  What's your opinion on pierce points vs. mosaic strip?  Which would you prefer?

What are pierce points, I gotta know since they may go into my bow!   ;)

Gentlemen and ladies,
I received my trade bow from Cardboardduck today. I am speechless. The pics he posted do not come close to doing it justice. It's amazing!   :clapper:   This gentleman is obviously talented--
My son and I really appreciate the design and artistic personal touch he used. I can only hope my recipient feels half the appreciation that I feel right now.    
I want to post pics also.
Is there a separate thread for posting the received bows????

Pierce points!

Thank you Chachamooby I'm glad you like it  :)

Peirce points.

Here ya go Cory...

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=39;t=000362

Jeff, those look even better under glass than when I cut em!!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

Yep lm happy.maybe the person over the hill and through the woods will like it also

I love those veneers!   :thumbsup:  
Cabbage, either one would make me happy.   :)  
Dave.

Thanks Kenny.

Cabbage, either will be great in my riser, diggen those pierce points a bit more.   :bigsmyl:

I put the grip and plate and rest ontoday and found a string too! I'm ready to ship. I'll get some pics when the weather improves.

I got some more pics for Jeff (whossbows).  He's either building fast or just taking a lot of pics. lolol  Here they are.

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Pierce points by far...

Hum dont know why that one says deleted.  Lets try it again.
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Looks great D!

One more for Jeff (whossbows)  I forgot one.
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It looks great Jeff.  I love how that zebra looks when the glass gets on it.

Thanks D for posting my pictures.64in ntn. 50lb@ 29.should be ready in about a week. 47 lb@ 28.dont want to give to many clues

Looks really good Jeff.  :thumbsup:

Thank you sir

Great lookin' bow, Jeff. Bet that joker has a smooth draw.

Sweet looking bows I cant wait to see more. I was splitting up some hack berry. I may get one shaved down to just about floor tiller and strap it down and put it under the bed for a plan B.

Sweet looking bow.  Gonna be nice and dark.

Nice looking bows being made. I worked on plan B tonight. Trying to get it down to floor tiller.
I need to set up a photo shop for I can post some pictures.

I got the woods in ol ************'s riser glued together lastnight.  Got in in the shaped to fit the limbs tonight and got it in the oven at the moment.  I'll get some pics of it up tomorrow.

Great looking bows, guys!  I just finished building my lam grinder today.  Maybe try it out tomorrow and see how it does.  Still need to finish up a couple knives first, though.  Just hardened them today, so another week or two and I should be good to go to start!     :scared:

Don't feel bad Cabbage, I got to build a form before I can get started. It's still gonna be at least a month before I even consider getting started. I got a few other things to get done first.

Looks like I'm running behind afew of the others. However, I do have my riser glued up and finally got my new shop finished so now it's time to kick start the rest. I'll be cutting the limbbed angles and glueing up the limbs this coming week. Once I have something to show I'll post a pic or two.

Troy

Beautiful work gentlemen!!!

Troy,you know a pic of the new shop won't upset us.

Got her sprayed, only found one spot to redo!! Cool!!  :D  

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jeff, that bow is lookin great.

plan A is scrapped, took off the bark to find several bad rots in her.

plan B not talkin to me yet. jealous i think.

everyones bows so far are looking awesome!!

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wow kenny, looks sweet.

Sorry bout the delay, got rugrats wantin to fish!! LOL


Almost stained the riser, glad I didn't . It finished out darker than I thought it would. Looks OK I reckon...  :D  

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Very nice as usual Kenny.  Write my name on it

Kenny - That's gonna make somebody's day   :thumbsup:

Wahoooo for zebra.  That looks great Kenny

I got her out of the oven this morning after a long cool down.  She ready to start tillering when I get the limb width tapered anyway.
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And no thats not my purse...lolol  Mine's black..lolol

D I love that rider...very cool lookin... Kenny that's a beauty ... Hope its heading north east of ya!!!

Hows my penmanship?

Any tips on getting a finetip India Ink pen to write dark? Need to sand more on the finish??

Thats just an estimate on weight tho, I can't pull it quite that far to check...  :bigsmyl:  

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Awesome bows being posted, put my name on all of them please  :)

Kenny that bow looks awesome,  makes me want a glass bow just like it.


D, love the curves!

102# @ 46"

Well, if I hadn't already received my bow last week, I'd think that one was probably for me.

The bow looks great Kenny, so that should hit my porch by this week right?    :archer2:

You're an artist Kenny.   :notworthy:    :notworthy:  
So many beautiful bows. I have to get back to it. I've fallen behind.
Dave.

Thanks guys!

John, the calc problem lies in how much weight per inch gained!!  :D  

I'm still workin on sumpin that goes with it, , I'll let my victim show it tho....  ;)

Nice Kenny.  I got things coming along.  Although until I shoot it and it shoots well, I don't have squat.  Got alot of sanding and tips and finish ect. to do.
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Great job Kenny ( as usual... ). Beautiful bow, I guess nobody would mind being a victim here... :-D

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Andy

Ah...I get ya now, Kenny.  I guess it might have been on the light side for me.

Al - That's a very elegant looking profile on that bow.

Nice tiller Al, looks similar to a pronghorn.

Thanks Andy!!

Nice lookin bow Al!! Looks fast , buddy!!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:

Nice job kenny and d.kenny i used a toothpick to write with for a while.glued it in a feather and dipped into the bottle.had to do it on the rough glass.didnt work to good on the finish.it beads up if to slick

Nice job al

D if thats mine just bring it to me and save shipping

Great job,gents. Kenny.....you're not half as bad as Roy says. I like how the I-beam pops

Kenny now that is a beauty and a beast!!! 102#   :eek:

On the other hand, you been slackin...  you got some  nice straight logs you need to get out there and split, debark and seal.  
(http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd374/k-hat/a8571949-4aa6-4d1e-84e7-616cd950a2c3.jpg)Now quit playin around in the shop and get to work   :nono:

Kenny, that zebra has some kinda great pattern.  Beautiful bow.

Al, if your bow shoots as good as it's profile it should make make someone a terrific bow.

All these new bows are making me want to go hunting.

Looking good everyone! I would show you all my progress but I think most of ya would just laugh.

Ahhh, Kevin, I hate to break the news to you drawknife guys , but those are gonna be sawn into perty yeller lumber.

Flame on!!  :D

QuoteOriginally posted by kennym:
Ahhh, Kevin, I hate to break the news to you drawknife guys , but those are gonna be sawn into perty yeller lumber.

Flame on!!   :D  

:scared:

Al that is a great looking braced profile.  It really looks awsome.  Look foward to seeing it finished.

There's a bunch of bows I'd like to see show up here!

wow kenny that is sweeeeet!  :clapper:

Beautiful bows everyone!

Kenny you could have just added that bow to my shipment I would have payed the extra shipping no problem.

Al I'm in York a few times a week I could just swing over and pick that one up too.

Here's my collection of clamps in use..

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Playing with Urac is a messy hobby...

Holy Crap thats a lot of clamps. lol  I use strips of innertube...then squeeze clamps down the middle for center pressure.

There is one clamp every two inches..32 clamps for this bamboo and osage recurve,,,

The only bad thing was that I heard a very loud crack when checking all them..not sure, but this may be all for nothing..

Uhgggg..

Thanks Kenny.

Cabbage, either will be great in my riser, diggen those pierce points a bit more.   :bigsmyl:

I had two blanks glued up.  Both hickory backed cherry.  The cherry came from the same board.  I was working the lighter one kind of for practice and heard the  deafening tick.  Worked it a little more and got the snap.  I ended up with a piece of the backing about a quarter inch wide lifting with some cheery attached.  It's probably scrap and I'll go to the other one before I check more.

Looking at these pretty bows makes me think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get into making glass bows soon.  Some great looking bows any of which would I'd be happy to own.  :)

Broke down and made a jig for my bandsaw to make radius cuts.
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And it appeared to work- this was much nicer than free hand
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That looks great trux...I wish I had a bandsaw that big sure would make life easier.

Phase one done on the riser- got the first mosaic glue in... It's a start.
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Dave, looks great, sorry I didn't get the swing jig pics taken, but you did it the same as I did!

Added some antler tips today.clean up and seal it tomorrow.planning on shipping week from tomorrow.I hope @#$#@$ is happy with it

Here's my swap bow for *******  *******.  It's hickory and 50# @ 28".  Got a little woodburned art on the fades.  Supposed to look like cave drawings.  It's 62-5/8" NTN.  Got flipped tips and I left some of the inner bark on as camo.  I hope **** ********** likes it  :)

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Nice!

Looks about like mine David.  I'm definately with you on the free hand thing.  Thats gonna be a sweet riser.

I like it no edges

I got three coats of T-bird sprayed on my original bow for the swap.  Just going to roll with it.  It finished out 5 pounds under after finish sanding.  


Its like Kennys bow 106 LBS @ 39 inches

Nice bow John!!

Shawn, you can pull 106# @ 39" ?  

I'll send ya MY thumpin list!! LOL

Good lookig bows! John that bow looks good at full draw.
Today I narrowed down my wood choices to solid Bolivian rosewood , solid canary wood, or something with lots of red...

I guess all I did today was take zebra wood out of the mix becaue there is a few zebra bows going on already.

Anyone  els think the hardest part of this thing is choosing the wood?

Yep, choosin the timber is bad, I swtched a couple times. Even cut my phenolic I-beam out of one riser and put it in another one!! LOL

Here's what she looked like after the first coat.  Three coats on 4 more to go.  

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John, I love the drawings. great touch
alot of impressive bows so far. I've decided to use one of my twin bows for the swap. my brother may be happier with different woods. it'll be a nice surprise either way for him.okay, have supplies.........

Ran a couple test pieces through my new sander today.  I think she's gonna work great.  Just need to figure out how to set up the shop vac on her - she makes a ton of dust!

Also got some poster board templates cut out for some pretty curves for the spliced veneers and the riser accent.  Got all the woods I'm gonna use too, and the core lams and glass from Kenny (thanks again!!).

Still need to finish those pesky knives first, then I can start working on the bows.  Hopefully I'll be going on it within a couple weeks.  Haven't seen a lot from my victim, so hopefully he/she's not in too much of a hurry!

Looking good everyone.  I spent some time researching my recipient and started about three days after the names came out.  I'm working on something I've not done before but have always wanted to dabble with.  Been slowly tinkering with it and it's coming along nicely.  

Again, good work, all!   :)

Been working on another cherry stave. I have 5 or 6 bows i"m working on at the moment and not sure which I will use. Probably the best one, if I don't get jealous and keep it myself.  :)

It is 63"ttt and nearly 2" wide with 4" handle and 2" fades. String tracks nicely down the middle and it has about 1" of natural reflex. Is cut in pyramid style and I will probably flip the tips a little and give it some rawhide backing.

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I did get to work on the BBI today. Getting close on tiller and I think I'm still ahead of the weight target.

razorback I can't wait to see what you do with that cherry.

Got my tips done and the bow sealed up today.new string be made tomorrow. Think i will shoot it about 50 times and send it on its way next monday.watch the mail @#%%$###%$.

Got my bow finish sanded today.  Set it up and shot it some.  Shot great.  Got ready to weigh it.  Strung it up, pulled it back and "crack".  Unstrung it to check and here is what I found.  High lited with marker.  Never had this happen before.  Does anyone see something I did wrong?  Oh well, better than a limb.

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Al, I sorry that happened to ya. I had something like that happen to me once, the crack I got came near the same spot but ran across the shelf. My problem was I made the riser and shelf are too small , but yours looks like it had plenty of wood, possibly it could be a defect in the wood. Once again sorry it broke because it was looking great. BTW what kind of wood ya working with?

Al wow that stinks, like you said at least it wasnt the limbs. I was also wondering on the wood species looks a bit like bubinga between oak. Looks like there should be enough material but the riser must have been flexing a bit. Well it didnt totally come apart and snack ya in the head, that doesnt feel good, speaking from experience. Good luck on the next one.

Cory

Zebra wood with a walnut strip.

Man can't believe those weren't strong enough must  have been a week spot like you said.

I'm trying to get an earlier start this year and so it's out to the wood stash even though the garage is freezing!  I decided to go with a three inch osage sucker that I cut about 12 years back in Indiana.  It should be good and dry at this point.   :)  

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Here's what the rings look like.

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And here's what it looked like after peeling the bark off:

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I'm a bit concerned about some of the branches and pin knots, but my main concern is what you see when you flip the stave over and look at it from the belly side.

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Because of that check I decided to use a lot of the white wood and hope that the check wouldn't go deep enough to be part of the limb.  Turns out that I was right and after shaping the bow, the only place the check remains is in the handle area.

Here's after initial shaping and some heat bending to get the string laying on the handle.

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And here's the initial side profile.

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I was able to avoid most of the limbs during layout but I do have a few to deal with along with some bumps and rollercoaster.

And after initial rasping and scraping, it starting to bend nicley at floor tiller.

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I hope to finish up floor tillering this week and get it strung up this weekend.  I'll post more once I do.

--Steve

Man I need a day off you guys are cranking out some bows!!!!

Man I need to get some shavings on the floor  :)

Beautiful work guys!!!

Well I didn't get much done, but I did manage to finally start on something! Got my spliced veneers started for the trade bow. What do you guys think, too simple?
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This will be back and belly under clear glass. I dunno. It may be alright once I actually get everything all laid out. I think maybe I'm just being too critical.

Joe- those are going to look nice under glass!!

Al- a glass overlay on the riser will help eliminate that type of problem- bummer

razorback the second picture you have put, it is very much alike what i have send last years bow swap. in the first place i thought it was mine. uhhh.


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isn't it?

here it is:  http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=007554;p=204#003058

well i don't know why i said this. just talking  :D

I don't log in for a couple of days and there looks like quite a bit of progress on many bows.  I made a couple of unique strings but I haven't had much time to scrape on some wood.  Great progress everyone and those glass bows underway are looking mighty fine!

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nice strings Goose. I thought 3-bundle looked cool. how many bundles in those buggers?

Finished pictures coming soon.im all done.

Finally got back to work on my swap bow. Laminations are ready, afew overlays have been made, riser beds are ready to drill and back of riser is ready for glass and overlays. Even managed to get the limb wedges ready.

Tomarrow it's on to laying up limbs.

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Looking good

Ooooooooo....That's gonna be real nice, Troy!

I sure hope ************** likes it. I think it's going to be a good shooter.

Troy

Sweet work all. I need to get cracking on something soon. Just trying to finish up a bow for my nephew.

Looks great Troy!

Looking amazing Troy!!!

WOW Troy- that's going to be a beauty!

Sorry Jeff (whossbows) for taking so long to get your finished pics up tonight.  Here they are ol buddy explain away about em.
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Here's a couple more

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Man I love how the glue and glass brings out the color of zebra wood.  Hey ****************** that he built that bow for....nanana boo boo I get to shoot it before your do....lololol.

Sorry for the blank post.  I double posted then tried to delete it.

Troy I'd bet money it will be a shooter!!!

Sexy bow there D, D, D !!!     :biglaugh:

Whossbow, good looking bow ya got there.

Wicked bow!

D, wash yer hands before touchin my bow ;0)

Jeff, your bow turned out sharp!

Thanks guys. It will be looking for its new home monday

If i let d shoot it think i should charge him  a fondling fee

I give up!3rd one to do this.Had it sanded to 400 grit before i pulled it at all.Shooting for 50#@28".Had it to 50#@24" when it popped.
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 :mad:    :mad:    :mad:  Back to the drawing board-Joe

Almost finished.  I wonder which one will actually be my swap bow !! Gotta tone down the shinny and spray a couple coats of satin now.  

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Nice looking bows, just send them both. You need my address?  :)

That stinks Joe.  It will all work out for you.  

Duck you never know

Shawn
You are mean, lefty, righty, one piece, three piece. Hey I'm Dr Seuss, you're killing us with all those beauty's!    :confused:

Oops !! Forgot one.  

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Sorry about the boo splintering, I've been there all too many times.

Nice curvee

Wow lots of good looking bows. I need to start getting some stuff together. Looks like I'm getting left behind.  :eek:

me too, BW. Hate to make another zebra but hey, could be the year of the zebra     :dunno:

Nothing wrong with zebra! man these Bows are turning out awesome!!!

okay, here's my first teaser pic
thanks to Mr. Goose for the photo help  :wavey:  


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ebony actionwood,cocobolo,zebrawood lams,actionboo core

Wow goobersan can't wait to see it come together

Looks great and the picture is perfect!  Maybe I'll get the opportunity to shoot the outcome of that nice looking wood if it shows up on my doorstep!

Man! What beautiful bows! You guys aren't foolin' around. Very nice work. I'm another who's behind. I'll get started soon but I'm gonna hafta work awful hard.

Heck no I'm not gonna wash my hands.  Most likely I'll be scratching my butt moments before I get ahold of it.  So ************** just think when that tube arrives to your house and you get that beauty out and wrap your hands around that nice grip just remember that I had my butt infested hand all over it...lololol  Oh I'm just kidding.  I'll actually make sure my hands are clean and clear.

I hate to see that bamboo pop like that.  Had it happen over and over and over. I've never had anything in bow building make me as mad as bamboo does, especially when it lifts a splinter.  I spiked a bow on the floor like a football last year cause it lifted a splinter.  I swear though it looks so stinking GOOD when it works out.

D dont forget your latex gloves and scrubs

Man some sweet bows. I will be looking for the mailman on monday for sure.

Dmax any of those I would proudly own but that first take down call to me a bit more then the others.

Sorry to see the lifted splinter, can you take the boo off and put another piece on so you don't lose the whole bow?

Ok heres few shots of my trade bow. not sure what to make of it as it looks bit bland to me.
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couldnt get any good shots due to cloudy day
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riser is PNG Walnut with lacey oak accent, boo cored and Black wattle belly veneers
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Lacey oak nocks.
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Black Wattle veneers. Need good sunlight to really see the color.
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Just like Kennym it came in right on the money ---103# @ 19''   :bigsmyl:  Wont be able to ship it for another week or two and its bound to take a while to get over there, so @#%$#^& will have to wait for a bit yet. sure hope he likes it!
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I guess it's Ok:)

Why, thank you Mr Roy   :wavey:

Just send that Thunder from down under over here to California....  I'll find a good place for it  :)

"thunder from down under'   :biglaugh:   :thumbsup:Like that1

Looks great, nice woods.

Another nice bow!! Great job.

Bigbob, I don't think that's bland at all.  There's something to be said about simplicity with pretty wood.  Sometimes my favorite bows are those that don't have a lot for accents and such, just simple lines with nicely grained wood.

Course, those accents can be really purdy too!

Only thing I don't like, Bob is that it isn't at my house yet. :0)
I think it's great !

Beauty of a bow Bob.

I have to say after reading through this whole thread, i am in awe of the bows you guys build. I am just starting out and cant even imagine making something that looks as good as the ones i have seen here.

I am just in awe and so inspired and cant wait to learn more!!!!

Great bow Bob!

Thought I'd have the second limb in the oven today. However, as usual when I started yesterday I found I still had several things to do before glueing started.

Amazing how many things you forget about when you havn't made a bow in several months.

Anyway, the glass and overlays on the back of the riser are now glued and clamped in place and the first limb is about halfway thru it's cook time.

Tomarrow I'll glue up the other limb and dress down glass and overlays on the riser block. After I get that taken care of I'll glue in the inserts and limb pins.

Slowly but surly I'll manage to get everything taken care of. For awhile I thought I might be one of the laggers when came to getting finished.

Troy

Bigbob2, that is a beauty of a bow! I love the wood from down under.   :thumbsup:  
Dave.

Building for more than one trade so been busy..........Got a little more done today between honey dues. Trapped the back of a Hickory, scraped the belly and did another toasting. Worked the Yew down a bit more (almost to floor tiller) put crazy glue and dust in the knots..... did a bit more heat straightening on the Osage and just to complecate my life a bit more..... trying another takedown. This time with Yew Billits???

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Love that takedown Coaster... Can't wait to see the final pick of the four!

Great lookin' bows guys.
I'm gonna start mine this weekend.

I especially like the lacy oak, Bob. Great job!

Troy, don't rush. I'm not going anywhere. LOL!

Computer's been down for almost a week, in the shop for some repairs.  Just getting caught up here.  Wow!!! some amazing looking bows being cranked out, both glass and self bows.
Got mine stained and a couple coats of finish on it so far.  Can't decide what to do with the handle wrap.  I really like the skived wrapped handles that DVS does, but don't know if I can pull ot off, also been thinking of a jute wrapped one.  Decisions - Decisions, what to do.

I like the scivved wrap.   :goldtooth:  
They aren't difficult. Is actually say they are easier when you stich like me.

Having said that, I went with a hemp wrap on this year's bow.

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I'm happy with that. send it over   :D

holy smokes we are off to the races this year with some great looking bows. The thunder from down under would find a good home here but a nice hemp handle rap would be great too. Oh the wonderful bows coming along.

I finally made some progress.  Got the blanks for the spliced veneers in the oven and a block for the riser accent in there too.  Cleaned up a block of figured walnut for the main riser piece too.  Kinda disappointed - it's got a worm hole that I didn't see before, but I'm pretty sure I can lay it out so it's in the part that will be cut out for the accent, so it should still work.  Also managed to finish up some new riser templates (out of 1/2" ply instead of poster board), cleaned up my forms, got the hot boxes ready, shop cleaned out and reorganized -- whew!
Oh, and finally fixed up an old Crate (?) recurve with an AMS reel for my dad.  Thinking about keeping it till it warms up a little and breaking it in for him.  :)

so i had a crack in the handle the looks of witch i did not care for...a simple fix turnd into a third graders inlay job...out of the frypan into the fire so to speak, i hope xxxxxx likes it i will send a handle wrap just in case
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I like it soy! Send it this way  :)

That in cool soy!

That's a cool fix Soy!!

First limb is out of the oven and second one is cooking. I dressed the riser after allowing plenty on time for back glass and overlay epoxy to setup. I then rough tappered the overlays. Afterwards I installed the inserts and pins.

Tomarrow I'll be able to dress the sides of the limbs and drill pin and bolt holes.

So far so good. At this point I'm happy with the way things are looking.

Troy


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looking good guys

Looks great Soy! Love the look of your too Troy!

All ya'll are making some sweet looking bows!

Bob, if that bow is coming my way send me a PM. my parents are coming over in June and we could probably work out a way to get the to bring it, over sized baggage is probably cheaper than postage. If it is not coming my way you are a bloody cane toad and go the cochroaches    :bigsmyl:

nice Razor...... your lucky Roy didn't hear that

Soy what do you mean third graders try at an inlay???  Give yourself more credit than that I like it I think it looks great.
Everybodies stuff is looking really good so far.  Really great looking work going on.  I'm trying to take a little more time this year and not rush it.   Try to scratch around on it this weekend.

Thad you better start over and just drop that snake off when you stop by next time, It looks really nice . Curt

Thanks guys... I tell you this took more time than I thought it would... the knock and point are whitetail deer antler the feathers are from the tail feather of an Eastern wild turkey...the shaft is cocobolo to match the tip overlays on the bow,@the 100shot mark 100more to go than skins and bon voyage!

Looks great Soy. I'll be waiting for it to arrive

Beginning to look like a bow...

Limbs fitted and ready to cut to length and taper.

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After cutting to length and tapering.

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Filed in the string groves and strung it for the first time.

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Limb tips are still pretty wide, but I start that way incase I have to adjust anything. As it stands right now they show to be pulling straight and the tiller is even.

Tomarrow I'll carry on with the limb work. I'd really like to get things where I can start shaping the riser.

Troy

Great looking bows everyone.
I'm back to square one. I was working on my BBH that I started on some time ago. It had a small hinge beginning to show on one limb, so I worked slowly and carefully until I got a nice even tiller. Brace height was still a bit low, so I twisted the string a bit and brought it to about 6". It still looked good and even and it was going to hit the upper end of my target weight window. I excercised it some more and looked at it at 26". I had been bringing it slowly to longer draws, scraping and sanding small amounts of wood. Then I noticed that the tiller was looking off. I ran my fingers along the belly and found some bumps where it was starting to look hingey. Sure enough, there are three deep frets there. Another piece of firewood.   :banghead:  
I guess I'll head back out and start another one.
Dave.

Dang,,, hate to hear that Dave.

Guess that's why I went back to making and shooting glass bows.

Thanks Troy. I'm beginning to lean the same way.
I think that I'll be investing in some equipment for building glass bows later this year. Not just out of frustration, but then I'll get to use some really nice woods to build bows with.
Dave.

Looking really nice Troy.

So far I'm happy as can be with the bow. Sure hope ************** likes it as much as I do.

I like it Troy!!

I'm slowly getting a riser put together- need to start on limbs soon....
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Dave, hate to hear that.  Would it be possible to clean out the hinge area and glue in a patch or a complete belly slat?  I've saved a few that way that are still shooting yet.  Just a thought, I hate to give up on anything until all options are exhausted.

Trux,

I'm watching this one pretty close. The checker board or what ever you call it is going to be outstanding!!!

Troy

That riser is sweet trux.

I shot in my trade bow more today.

Got the limb veneers cut and ground today
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Also managed to get the riser cut out, well at least the accent stripe. Forgot to take pics though. Still have to sand up the joints a bit to get a good fit, then I'll get it glued up. Still can't do a whole lot get, but still plugging away slowly.

Those lams are sweet Joe- I need to try that sometime.

Dan, the frets looked too deep to repair. I left the bow strung to see what would happen and I could see the hinge slowly getting worse.
I put it out of it's misery half an hour ago.
It's too cold out in the garage to work tonight, but tomorrow, I'll start another one.
Dave.

Dave I hate to hear that about your bow.  

Cabbage those splices are great.  

Trux that mosaic is cool.  Can't wait to see how much of it shows when your get the riser shaped out.

Troy that curve is gonna look sweet.  I sold my curve so I'll be looking foward to holding it when it gets to my house.lol

Troy, David, Joe Sweet looking bows!!!

Looking good Dave and Troy.  Some very nice ones taking shape.

Can't wait to start my trad bow this week... Picture of what is to come..... Bamboo, osage, bocote accents
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I'm gonna have to try one of those BB-somethings sometime. I really like the looks of those, especially the ones with the flipped tips.

Hey Trux, how thick are those mosaics? I've been thinking of trying that, but I don't know how thick to make everything so it bends good without cracking.

Hey Razor! sorry to disappoint but I guess you'll have to support the cockroaches., Looking good Troy.

Wow, you all are putting together some great looking bows!
I made my limbs out of black glass and now I am starting to feel guilty!  I might have to start over, thanks a lot guys   :deadhorse:

Thadbow, nothing wrong with using black glass. I've just about stopped using clear glass. It just cranks me to no end to build a set of limbs and then find those cloudy spots that simply kill the looks.

Troy

QuoteOriginally posted by talkingcabbage:
Hey Trux, how thick are those mosaics? I've been thinking of trying that, but I don't know how thick to make everything so it bends good without cracking.

Joe- these are .060 thick with bow tuff glass on either side. They start out a little thicker because I glue them to one piece of glass first and then sand them to thickness.

Thadbow- I'm with Troy, nothing wrong with black glass....

Black glass is classy !!!

I agree the clear glass can be most disappointing when you pull the tape off.  I only do clear on the belly and may stop that too.

Got a little done today- the riser has inserts and is ready for some limbs before I shape it. I got the lams rough cut and found some some black glass- need to get them ground and glued up this week.
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Thats going to be purty

Man, gorgeous bows, guys!
Sorry to hear 'bout your hickory, Dave. Last year my first attempt blew while I was tillering. Stuff happens.

Thadbow there is no reason at all to feel bad about black glass.  I think it looks great.

Well I got to hold ****************'s bow that whossbows built today and I must say that the zebra wood is some purdy stuff.  ****** will not be disappointed by no means and yes I did have clean hands.  Jeff you did a great job on her

Well here is where I ended up.  66" take down longbow, brown glass back, zebra wood belly under clear glass, riser walnut with zebra strip.  String 8 strand 450+ and 2 strand B-50 with padded loop.  Going to put one to two hundred arrows through it and if it shows no flaws it is on it's way to **********.
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Very sleek ,classy looking bow there Al. Nice!

Very classy look Al !!! A+++ bow

Troy, Trux, & Al they all look great, be proud to give any of them a home, send them my way.  

Dave, when they get that bad it's better to just move on sometimes.

I hear you Dan. I chopped it for firewood and I have some more wood lined up ready to start again.
It's a good thing this is so addictive, otherwise I might get depressed.   :help:    :)  
It also helps to see all the great bows being built . What a huge motivation it is!
Dave.

Great looking bow Al.  Well done.

Awesome job Al, someone will be real happy with that fine bow.

You guys are putting out some sweet work this year.

Sweet Al and like that there is another one down.

Al Dean !!!!!


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I got my bow started this weekend.  Glued up yesterday and started shaping today.  Here's a rough shaped teaser pic.  It's got Kenny's angle cut gray actionwood lams under clear glass, gray actionwood/osage/paduak riser and osage/paduak overlays on the back.  I've got tomorrow off work and nothing to do but work on this bow.  Yes, it will be a good day.   :thumbsup:  

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Al,
Great bow there  someone's gonna be happy with that.

John,
Looks like a great start, I really like that charcoal action wood.

you guys are kickin butt. got me feelin nervous again     :notworthy:

i have never seen a group of bows where i said to myself man i wish that was comeing to my door step as this one ....wow awsome work all!!

Looking at all these super bows has me wondering why it took so long to get involved with this.

Troy

These are some great looking bows. Just have some final sanding and spraying left. Should be finished by the end of the week.

Some fine looking bows here guys.  I'm in a lull with mine for a bit.  Today was "lay cork floor in the bathroom day" this morning which makes it "take Ibuprofen day " in the afternoon.  I'll get back to my bow making soon and I'm still thinking about gearing up to try making bows out of glass.  Thank goodness I'm retired.  Time really flies faster the older I get.

I added a jointer to the collection this weekend. I'm hoping to do a little tuning tonight and maybe some grinding.  Time will tell.

I've decided to build a Seneca-inspired scalloped bow for this year's swap.  I've always wanted to make some woodland-style bows, but just never got around to it.  I started with a couple of red oak mock ups for me.  They exceeded my expectations.  These bows are easier to tiller than I had anticipated, are incredibly light, and are smooth, snappy shooters.  I tempered the bellies and induce some reflex; when they're through rehydrating I'll post some pictures.  

My actual swap bow is made from hickory and is currently ready for low brace.  Once I get it tillered, I'll temper the belly and induce some reflex.  Then comes the fun...shooting it in and dolling it up!  :)

It was back to the shop today. Now it's really starting to look like a bow.

Limbs are now ready for the overlays. They are pulling straight and I even checked the weight.

Think I'll just say somewhere between 40# and 70#. Don't want to give to much away.  :bigsmyl:  

Still have a boat load of sanding to do before I can start on the epoxy sealent. I'd still be sanding, but my fingers have just about had it for today.

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I got a good start on two new bows. Both bamboo backed tri-lams. One with a walnut core and the other with an osage core.
What do you all think of a riser made up of two lams of spalted maple on the outside, two lams of padauk between them and a thin lam of walnut in the centre? Too much contrast?
The other riser is walnut and white oak.
Dave.

Great bows guys. You too John:)

Troy, I shoot between 40# and 70#!   :bigsmyl:  
Dave.

This is the fourth year that I take part in the bow swap and I'm totally amazed about the quality of the work here on Trad Gang. Awesome bows, you guys are building and I would be happy with every bow I have seen so far.

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Andy

Wow guys you are all on fire... Got my pieces laid out and ready to start tomorrow!!!

My biggest hold back will be when it comes to the spray finish. I do all my spray work in my garage and with the weather we have been having it may be awhile before I get to spray on the final finish.

Troy, do you use smooth-on your finish?

I went to the post office today.duuuh.it was closed

goobersan,

I seal the pores of the wood using one of the longer set time (30-45 minute) two part epoxys. Like the ones that come from the local hardware store.

I cut the epoxy with acetone. Four parts acetone to one part epoxy. Most refer to it as the Massey Finish.

I apply a coat with a clean rag (old Tee shirts). The let it dry over night. If I can get to another coat in 8-12 hours I do so. If not I lightly sand with 320-400 grit paper (not emery cloth), wipe clean and then apply another coat.

It take several coats to fill the pores in some woods. Once you have the pores full, your spray finish will look smooth as glass. My final spray finish is Fullerplast.

To me there is nothing less appealing to me than to look at a nice bow with great wood combos, excellent craftsmanship and see unfilled pores in the finish. To me it's like rebuilding a 66 Mustang and painting it with a brush.

Troy

thanks Troy. well said.

Forgot to add, I tried smooth-on (one time) to makeup some of the Massey Finish. Bad move, it took almost three days for it to dry. Guess the acetone did something to slow the cure time.

Amazing work going on, sure are a bunch of very talented craftstmen on this site.

Trying to get mine all gussied up before taking pics.  I've put at least 400 plus arrows through it so far, so I guess it's broke in.

Killer bow Troy, wow my eyes are popping out of my head at the quality this year...keep them coming.

Troy, You take your time.  I'm a patient person and deer season is several months away!  :laughing:    :laughing:  
Your bow looks great already.

So I have it drawn to the recipients draw length and it's 10lbs too light.  It shoots to my standards but my favorite is the grip finder on the front.  I have a couple of inches I could chop off but I'll start with flipping the tips a bit and see where that gets me.  

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Troy thanks for the tip on the grain filling.  That bow is gorgous.  

Goose I've been looking foward to getting an update on your bow.  Looks great so far.  I really like it

Its unreal how good the work you all are doing this year.  Great looking stuff.  High fives to everybody..lol

If its mine the lighter weight is fine(;-)

Goose I would settle for 10 to light if you put that purty skin on it.   :bigsmyl:

Goose, I'll settle for less weight and no skins   :goldtooth:

Mine is in the mail.Every body check the mail about friday

awsome whossbows great job. Man the snow better not stop me from getting my bow.  :)

I just hope it gets to.............. house undamaged.the postal service is slacking a bit these days

I just hope it gets to.............. house undamaged.the postal service is slacking a bit these days

I'm sure it will be fine Jeff.  Congrats to getting it shipped so dang early.  I've gotta get my butt in gear.  I had already broke 3 bamboo backing by this time last year. lolol  Stupid bamboo..lol

I'm enjoying being finished this year. I'm waiting to see what my victim is doing before I send it off so if you are slacking know that your bow may be finished and waiting on you.

  :goldtooth:    :archer2:

Dave, you are killing me! I changed my mind from making a hill style bow to a take down r/d bow. I think she is gunna be Bolivian RW with Padauk and wenge. I should have everything cut out and started glue up this weekend. Now go ahead and send me my bow!

jsweka....  That's going to be sweet!!!

Troy I can see that curve laying over the top of my next deer for pictures   :)  

Goose that's a sweet piece of yellow wood....  a little light works for me on a cold day   :)  

Ralph... "Bolivian RW with Padauk and wenge"  I like it!!! "Oo-de-lally Golly, what a day"    :)

come on DV.......... ship that bow PROGRESS REPORT....I'm working, I'm working  ;)

I've got my trade bow to the finish stage .
I've only shot about 60 arrows so far. Sore joints keep the sessions short. Added some Velcro rest material. Need to see how that effects the arrow flight.
So far so good.

Man I have to get moving. These bows are awesome, the pressure keeps building. Still don't know which bow will be my swap bow. Hopefully I'll get one or two of them to the tiller tree this weekend and see what happens.

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Almost got the swap bow ready. This  is my first hope *** is happy

Should be a lot of gimmies on that one

:laughing:    :laughing:    :laughing:    :laughing:    :laughing:    :laughing:

Dang Macbow- that's going to be a looker-lol- here's where I'm at with mine...
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Mac hope ya got Kellys name:) LOL

I was going to post that it,was,for Roy.
He likes yallar wood so the riser,is yellow.
Also after seeing his physic posted on thread figured if he,couldn't pull it he could use it for a thumping stick.   :help:

Trux, that is a sweet looking bow.

LOL, Mac...

Yup Trux sharp bow there.

Just finished up a bunch of those PVC bows.
Our UBM, United Bowhunters of Mo, is giving them away to kids at  the Missouri Deer Classic the first weekend in March in Columbia Mo.

Glad to see the last of these finished.

So here is my swap bow. Still have some more shooting  in and some more finish.


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I like the PVC bow better..

  :knothead:

Just kidding Mac, very nice work.

LOL.    :thumbsup:

I drew a Wyoming elk tag.  Hope I don't beat up my swap bow to bad on this trip.

I promise I have been working on bows. What was going to be a 62" american long bow made out of yeller wood is now looking like it wants to be a 50" bendy handle bow, if a bow at all.

I also am working on that re-curve I started last year, after some issues I had to set it aside and have started working it again. If the rawhide stays put. It will be an option. If we get the snow they are calling for I may chase a ring on yet another bow piece of yeller stuff.    :scared:    :knothead: