Here are some pictures from the bow building weekend held at my place this weekend. People showed up early on Friday and it started a whirlwind of bow building activity as everyone had their projects they wanted to get done. Things couldn't have worked out better with the weather, people, knowledge shared, ect.
Great group of guys. I enjoyed their company, thanks. Chad
work area
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Half rack with homemade lam grinder
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Buck snort gettin er done
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Half rack and Badlands
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Brian making arrow shafts
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Coach Dave (aka skunkman)
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Garrett's recurves
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Some guys had to take their projects home before we got a chance to take this picture. This is a sampling of the bows that were created this weekend.
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looks like you Guy's had a "large time", Great pic's :thumbsup:
First of all, I'd like to thank Chad for the great get together. Also for the patience in guiding in the building of a lam bow (He did most of the work, but I learned a great deal.
Weather was excellent and everyone had a great time.
Here are some pics of the bow I eneded up with. I'll need to do some more shaping, and finishing touches, but it looks beautiful so far. Western Red Cedar limbs over Bamboo, Burgundy Rosewood Dymondwood and Bocote riser. Riser has neat finger grooves and a thumbrest built on.
Fresh out of the cooker:
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Overlays, tips, and thumbrest glues up, yes there is a bow amonst all those clamps:
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/bucksnort101/Clampmanina.jpg)
Back of bow, nice Cedar, thank you Chad:
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Riser:
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/bucksnort101/Bow1.jpg)
Thumbrest side:
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/bucksnort101/ThumbrestRiser.jpg)
The magic BowTree (with some slingshots thrown in:
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Great weekend, made some new friends and learned a lot of bowbuilding tips. Thanks to all.
Man'o live! You all got farther on your take downs in one weekend than I have in 3 weeks. Looks like a blast!
Looks like everyone had a good time.
Any of those bows gonna make it to the Coon Rapids shoot.
Man those TD's have some radical lookin limbs!!Good work guys! :thumbsup:
Scooter, second one from the left will probably show up at Rapids for a string fitting. Not sure of any of the others?
Hi Chad,
Very nice pictures and I guess a great weekend for those guys. I wish something over here in the Netherlands could be organised.
Thanks for sharing. :clapper:
V-Archer
I see a lot of talent there. Thanks for sharing.
Very cool post, great pictures also. I enjoy seeing the hands on stuff on here. Steve
Skunkman made this stave horse that Brian is using. You can't tell by the picture but it has a tractor seat.
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Jigs for cutting radius' on the bandsaw made by BadLands
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Eat on the fly, theres work to do.
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How often can you get not one but two experienced bowyers, each with totally different established designs and tons of knowhow to help newbies out...
What a great group of guys in a beautiful northwoods setting, can't thank Chad enough for hosting this and Badlands for all his expertise as well. The campfire bow deign/hunting story sessions were a hoot.
I'll post some of my pics soon.
-Mike
Hey looks like you folks had a great productive weekend!.Hey Bucksnort your bow looks like it could be a Centaur or a Morrison! Very nice!
Wow!! That looks like a Mini MoJam or OJam. Really cool. Way to go. And thanks to the moderators for leaving this on th Pow Wow thread even though it looks like an organized event.
A big thanks to all of you for a great weekend, and a special thanks to you Chad for your awsome hospitality. You knocked yourself out making sure that everyone had a quality experience and I for one realy appreciated it.
Don't sell yourself short Mike. We all learned a lot from you too, with your home made lamination grinder and home made carbon strips.
Brad
Bentpole, that bow if off from Chad's form. Have only put a few arrows through it, but feel great and sends an arrow downrange with authority.
Chad was definately a busy man all weekend.
Lam grinder, radius jigs, and the self bow bench were all cool too.
:goldtooth:
PM me if you forgot any of the following items: camo stool
3 pieces black fiberglass
rubber sanding block
Brad you left a cocobolo riser block
Chad
Yup
The glass, sanding block and riser block were mine.
I've just started unpacking, but so far I have your carpenters square, a disc sander and one of your tape measures.
No worries, we'll deal with it some day.
I'll have to double check, but the camo stool may be mine. Can you tell if it is the triagle shaped Gander Mountain stool?
Yes I think so.