Feels like spring here. A few locals stopped for lunch - this out the shop window.

I got a custom grip shaped yesterday to match up a Jaguars grip shape. A little more finish sanding and she hits the spray booth today.

Btw.... This is African Cherry wood. Very hard , vary dense material. Turns almost yellow when freshly sanded, but darkens up to a dark brown rather quickly.

Here is a photo of the wood I started with.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Y8Y3P26oXrgVV4iM6

Here it is now....  60" SS RC, 45 @ 28" , 2nd  set of limbs are 41 @ 28.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/xvByQWo8Bq56A5Rw5

Kirk

@kirkll

Is that the same as makore?

I'm not sure what Macore is.... There are so many different types of hardwood its very difficult to ID some of these.    Kirk

I like the riser shape on that one
Nice curves on the limbs too

I think macore is an African cherry wood.

It's definitely not Mongolian tulip

Quote from: Mad Max on March 29, 2022, 01:23:21 PM
I like the riser shape on that one
Nice curves on the limbs too

This limb design came together about 10 years ago originally. Ive done a bit of tweaking here and there since then, and still do shift the wedges a bit to accommodate different draw lengths. It's proven to be a good design.

Kirk

 

We had a tornado come through yesterday knock down trees on powerlines , I don't believe anyone was hurt but power is out over most of this area , is a rule areas so not a lot of homes , so I don't have any Internet service at the house and not much on my phone at the house
I'm sitting in my truck up here next to the highway while texting this, maybe will we will have power tonight maybe

Is that early for a tornado in your area?

Tested some Carbon.
Good Thing: it's stable and can stand some serious #.
Bad Thing: can't build my lil 50" Fun Bow with it... To much # with Minimum possible core.

String on picture is to short. Brace should be about 1" lower.

We usually don't get tornadoes for a season.
When the weather turns warm after being cold we have a chance of tornados.
The weather forecast for yesterday was high wends up to 55 mph and a tornado popped up from it.

We had high winds and about 2 1/2" of rain early this morning and the power went out. Didn't come back on til just recently. That was quite a storm.

I finished up this little guy for a friend of a friend to give to his wife.
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I used to make lots of decoys, but I haven't in some time now.
I've been thinking about using my kayak and laying out with decoys around and trying to get a duck with a bow.
Dave.

Don't mind the shotshells. They're for skeet... 🙂
Dave.

 
I got my power and internet back on.
Lot's of people still don't have there's on

Very nice Dave.

Maxi, ah never mind.



We are hanging out at camp.

Really nice decoy!

I live off grid here, so when the electrical co-op goes dark we don't know about it until after the fact. But if our power goes.down, then I have to solve the problem!

Thats really nice Dave. Thats a lot of work, carving and painting