Since I retired I've become a free agent I guess.  Water and sewer lines, flooring , sheetrock, poured bridge deck today for my previous employer...

And the bow shop...

Somethin gonna give next week tho, turkey season starts Monday...

Quote from: Flem on April 15, 2021, 11:49:50 AM
Going for my 2nd Moderna shot this morning . A little trepidation, everybody I have talked to feels crappy afterwards. Hate to loose a day or two this time of year. Oh well

Flem, How do you feel today?
The wife and I get our 2nd Moderna on the 27th. and we are trying to get an idea of what to expect. The RN who gave the shot warned that the 2nd would be "worse than the first". Keep us posted if you would.
The first shot only made me feel like I got a blunt hit to the shoulder for a few days. I couldn't shoot for a bit but that was about all.

Feel OK. Sun seems bright this morning, might have to find a dark place to hang out for a while.
[attachment=1]





Joking aside, I feel fine so far except I cant flap my left wing. Damn nurse hit me with a 10lb needle!

Thanks Flem. 

Myself, my wife and other friends that got the Moderna shot had varying effects the day after the shot from headaches, some have nausea, I or my wife didn't have nausea and basically an overall tiredness, no energy. By the next day all of that has passed and overall everyone felt almost better than before the shot. That part might been the relief of knowing we were inoculated. 

Shaping tips

 

Dang Bue! Those tips are sexier than your workshop floors 

Had 3 poles of Makake bamboo delivered today.

A good 12 bow backings in those 3 poles.

Need to split one side of them and wedge it open an inch or so to expedite the drying for next fall..

[attachment=1]

Nice looking grass Roy . That one on the right is so much thicker walled and nearly twice the nodes.
Same species?

Is Makake the best for bows??  What is the diameter of those??

  Flem...  Probably just the base of the boo...  The nodes or culms get further apart as you go up the stalk...

I think it appears thicker cause there is a node so close to the end.

It does have more nodes though, I'm not real crazy about that one but they are 8 feet long and on the far end the nodes are further apart. If you compare the far ends of all 3 poles, you can see the node spacing is greater at the other end.

They will shrink a tad after drying.

I have found Madake to be very good for bows, I have never had a backing failure since using it, they are 4 inches in diameter.

I have got a lot of boo on my property...  I guarantee that thickness is not from the node... It's not close enough to the node to influence the thickness that much...  When you crack that open you will see that it will be pretty thick like that and slightly getting thinner for the next 3 to 5 feet up the stalk...

  You may want to take a piece of rebar and break out a hole in each one of the sections for drying...  But I am not sure how it will effect the process as far as splitting and such...  I do know that the thicker the wall is that it is more prone to splitting and that certain sections of boo have more tensile strength than others...  I believe the mid sections are the strongest...  The two on the left should be the most resilient..

   My research was some years back so don't hold me to all this...

Thanks Rich

I played that game of driving a pipe up through the center, it was a bitch getting it back out.

I'll just drive a machete up the entire length to open up a crack then wedge it open a little.

It will stay in the shop for a couple months then when it's warmer I'll set it outside for a bit during the day.

You are not supposed to dry boo too fast.

I node bamboo was nodey but not as nodey as the one on the right. 

 Yeah...  I hear yah...  It can be a bitch...  But if you use a 1/2" piece of rebar it has a sawing effect...   Attach the boo to a solid surface...  Break out one section and saw the rebar back and forth until it slides smoothly and then go to the next section...  Only go half way and then go from the other side of the boo...

Might just take the 44 mag and shoot a round up through her:)

Quote from: Roy from Pa on April 17, 2021, 02:11:28 PM
Might just take the 44 mag and shoot a round up through her:)

You're such a redneck. Make sure that you get it on video. 😁
Dave.