Quote from: wood carver 2 on June 21, 2021, 09:09:38 PM
Here's an interesting video that I found on you tube

Dave.

I watched that yesterday too, I have some leaf springs 

Mike ya need one of them trail cameras that sends the pictures to your computer as they are taken.

Quote from: Roy from Pa on June 22, 2021, 05:14:25 AM
Mike ya need one of them trail cameras that sends the pictures to your computer as they are taken.

That would be cool, but there is no service there.

Also,  they are not legal to use for hunting.  I'm not sure where the line is drawn between scouting and actual hunting.  🤔  the people who make the rules probably aren't sure either. 

 

Picture taken at midnight between the 22.and 23. June. Lightest day of the year . We do not have midnight sun here in the south east, but it do not get dark.

Neat Bue..

You just on top of the world aren't you Bue---literally
How warm and how cold does it get Bue?

Cool...  Thanks for sharing, Brudda....

Anyone want to give me some input on this mess before I totally screw it up? The middle out still seems stiff but I'm worried about getting them bending out there to early. I can't see this going out to my draw without problems. I think it's at 21 inches.

That's really neat Bue.
I don't mean to be a downer, but what is it like on the 21st of December?

I think it's bending some.
Is it a glass laminated bow?, pull it to 24"

Max it's a tri lam. It's boo backed, maple core with a Osage belly

Good lookin tri lam.
Got a couple of these 52 in. short curves going right now.
And a laminated jig wedge for the new curve . Takes a lot less wood this way.

Hey Stic

how does that vice hold up to a bit of pulling and pushing e.g. scraping a limb? I'm gathering the bits to make up one exactly like that now as I don't have a bench I can mount a vice on, and want to get into a better position while working 

Thanks
Steve

Quote from: 4 point on June 22, 2021, 09:43:35 PM
Max it's a tri lam. It's boo backed, maple core with a Osage belly

Take a day off and come back fresh, It can be  frustrating 
It's almost there

Travis I think it looks great.

Are you using a tillering gizmo?

Those outer thirds will come around the further ya pull it.

Travis, just for future information, when asking for tillering advice, it allows others to offer better advice if they first see a picture of the bow unbraced since that is the bow's actual 'baseline'. In fact, it's important enough that some people won't offer advice without it.

I see a potential spot or two, but maybe if I saw it unbraced I'd find that it's actually best the way it is... so I'd rather not say anything, than have you weaken an area that may 'look' strong/stiff but is actually doing its fair share of the work already. Our mind likes to see perfect arcs, matching limbs, etc, but that shouldn't always be the goal. Even in trilams sometimes both limbs don't come off the form with identical perfectly smooth curves or shapes, and if they don't, they shouldn't look identical at brace or while drawn either.

The vise works well for what I do.
A better base would be an old big truck brake drum. Bigger footprint and heavier.

Roy I haven't used a gizmo but I'm gonna make one tonight before I go any further. What's the longest draw you've made a 64" bow work with? Im thinking about cutting another set of nocks to make it 66"s.

Bowjunkie, I see some spots too. I'll post a unbraced pic next time. The right limb is the upper limb and it had a stiff spot mid limb that I've been fighting

Yes make a gizmo...

I made a 64" tip to tip BBO for Fujimo and he has a 31.5" draw.

I pulled it to 32" on the tree while I held my breath:)

He's still shooting it.

The next one I made him, cause he wanted another one, was 66" tip to tip.

A wooden bow has to bend evenly without any hinges.

This is him and the 66" tip to tip.

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