2021 what did you do today?

Started by Roy from Pa, January 01, 2021, 05:54:06 AM

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kennym

Hope there's one that fits him !
Stay sharp, Kenny.

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Pat B

Kenny, good for you for reestablishing native grasses. I'm a native plant nut so I appreciate what you are doing.
Short or tall grass?
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!
TGMM Family of the Bow

kennym

It's my bro's but I think it's bluestem and maybe indiangrass
Stay sharp, Kenny.

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kennym

My acreage is big and little bluestem, with alfalfa and lespezdia except 2 acres of beans and 2 acres of clover ...

Wish it had some timber ...
Stay sharp, Kenny.

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kennym

Quote from: kennym on July 09, 2021, 03:57:23 PM
Got a fellow coming to shoot a couple bows , he wants to build one...

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He likes the fhlb, 3rd from right.  So we saw on a riser tomorrow and glue it back together...
Stay sharp, Kenny.

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Mad Max

I would rather fail at something above my means, than to succeed at something  beneath my means  
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kennym

That would be sweet Mark!! Wish my house was surrounded !

We spot glued 2 hunks of fancy Wood together. Sawed a design I drew up and swapped pieces , then glued back together. Next round we will glue the other pieces up and put a g10 I beam in the first one. Oh I guess we are building 2 bows ...
Stay sharp, Kenny.

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Mad Max

I would rather fail at something above my means, than to succeed at something  beneath my means  
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Roy from Pa

Didn't happen wifout pichers....

kennym

I was too nervous to take pics after he said what the two blocks cost....  :scared: :scared:
Stay sharp, Kenny.

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kennym

Here ya go, the other block pieces, will have a .050 of the really black walnut for an accent to take up the saw kerf...

Red Balu and stabilized buckeye burl.

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Stay sharp, Kenny.

   https://www.kennysarchery.com/

Mad Max

I would rather fail at something above my means, than to succeed at something  beneath my means  
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Roy from Pa


Longcruise

Gonna be a beautiful riser Kenny.  :thumbsup:

Here's my house surrounded by . . . . Ah, er other houses. :biglaugh:

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"Every man is the creature of the age in which he lives;  very few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time"     Voltaire

Longcruise

Back from the short pack in overnight fishing trip with grandson and his friend.  First time for both to  carry their gear in.  I did all I could to coach them in advance on preparation but even so, valuable lessons were learned from minor omissions.  :biglaugh:

I packed 74# in just to be sure I could fill in the gaps. The friend was on his second camping trip ever and caught his first fish ever.

I know it's not bow related but that's what I did today and yesterday.

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This dig was about 20 feet from my tent.  A bear tore this up likely last year. probably trying to dig a rodent out.

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"Every man is the creature of the age in which he lives;  very few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time"     Voltaire

Bvas

Beautiful country Mike.

I hope the youngsters enjoyed themselves. I know I would have.
Some hunt to survive; some survive to hunt

Bvas

Glued up a bow for my wife today. Fingers crossed it turns out ok.
A couple of pegs busted while it was in the hot box. Will find out in the morning.

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Some hunt to survive; some survive to hunt

Pat B

That is beautiful country, Mike. 74# is quite a load to tote.

  I started working on some arrows for an arrow trade on PA and another project. These are 3 sourwood shoots and 2 hill cane after the initial straightening session.

Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!
TGMM Family of the Bow

flyonline

Tillered out a hickory wattle bow today from a 1/3rd off a sapling stave. For a sliver with a few issues I'm pretty happy - yes it's bending too much in the middle but that's all I had to work with once I shaved off the splinters and muck. I may yet add a riser block and/or powerlam on the belly to try and up the poundage a bit, pike it a little or maybe have a crack at steaming in some recurves. I've tried dry heating this timber 3 times and it split prodigiously each time, so maybe a bit of steam will work - I've read of saplings like this being steam bent for tools/hoops/etc. back in the 'bad ol' days' so here's hoping....

I have some high hopes for this timber, this is the 3rd successful bow I've made but I've yet to hear of anyone definitely using it for bows. The previous 2 were a lot more impressive than this though  :laughing:

Bow was roughed out then quick dried which induced both prop twist and about 2" of reflex. Of course the reflex has almost disappeared (but no string follow as yet...), but the prop twist stayed  :banghead:
66" NTN
28lb @ 28"
450gms

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Steve

Roy from Pa

Awesome pictures Mike.
Good job Brad and Steve.
Pat looking forward to the arrow build.

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