TG bow trade

Pat B · June 22, 2010, 11:43:00 PM

Bona, I can only pull to 26" and the bow I made is for 28". I tillered it out to 29" and shot it at my 26". That's all we can do. Osagetree(Joe Weed) is left handed but I can't shoot that way so I shot it right handed.
I usually leave a newly completed bow strung for 2 to 6 hours to "sweat" it, basically controlled stressing.

Stiks-n-Strings · June 23, 2010, 09:18:00 AM

Bona,

Pg 31 of The Bent Stick...

The New bow.

"You can make a bow that will keep all it's weight it has when new. This can be done as soon as you are satisfied the limbs are well tillered and bending evenly. You simply put the bow on the tillering tree and leave it for 30, 40 or 60 minutes. It is not necessary to pull the bow as far as it can go."

It does go on to say that any bow will still take some string follow after being shot under normal use and settle in without loosing weight when given this treatment.

Hope this helps.

Stiks

b.glass · June 23, 2010, 02:45:00 PM

Thanks for the input guys. I remember reading about letting them sit strung for several hours and I've done that a few times. I don't remember reading about leaving it on the tiller tree for a while.

John, I work this weekend so I don't know if I can bring it down. I would love to have your opinion thought. I'll see what I can do.

Osagetree · June 23, 2010, 04:06:00 PM

John Scifres · June 23, 2010, 06:17:00 PM

I'm here all weekend. Got some crawlspace flooding to take care of though. Might be under the house

5" of rain in 3 hours will do that to you I guess :(

Balding Kansan · June 23, 2010, 06:20:00 PM

Alright guys! My trade bow is finished. I learned alot along the way. I wasn't sure about getting in on the trade because of my lack of experience building bows. I've snapped two osage attempts and knew that if I was building it for someone else then I would be forced to slow down. It worked! Anyways...she's kind of plain jane compared to some others on here but i'm proud of my first successful bow besides one other red oak board bow.

The creek I hunt on is Sand Creek, which is where I cut the tree.

Covered up the name to keep everyone honest!

I hope to get her shipped out early next week.

DVSHUNTER · June 23, 2010, 06:40:00 PM

nice looking bow tyler. Those are some fatty growth rings in the handle!

kmc06005 · June 23, 2010, 07:45:00 PM

When is the next TG Bow Trade? I'm hoping to be a good enough bowyer to throw my hat in the ring next time.

ranger 3 · June 23, 2010, 09:01:00 PM

Kmc I think it is Jan.

Stiks-n-Strings · June 23, 2010, 09:27:00 PM

January it is!

JesuslovinGoose · June 23, 2010, 10:58:00 PM

Oh sign a brother up... I better get my game face on and bring my A game.

tradbower · June 23, 2010, 11:06:00 PM

Hey Sticks
This trade is growing b4 the first one in over.

I will be the first to sign up.
Pete

Pat B · June 23, 2010, 11:09:00 PM

You did a very nice job on your second bow, Tyler. Can we see a full draw pic?...and an unbraced profile pic.

Balding Kansan · June 24, 2010, 12:07:00 AM

Absolutely. I'll get 'em up tomorrow P.M.

b.glass · June 24, 2010, 07:15:00 AM

Here are some of the pictures that I promised. This first one is at 18". There is some stuff in the way but I hope you can see the tiller ok.

b.glass · June 24, 2010, 07:19:00 AM

This is at 28".

b.glass · June 24, 2010, 07:21:00 AM

This is braced at 6 1/4".

b.glass · June 24, 2010, 07:22:00 AM

...and just unbraced.

b.glass · June 24, 2010, 07:34:00 AM

It is not the original one that I started on. Nothing wrong with the other one, I started tillering this one instead by accident and was so close to having it done when I realized that I just went with it.

It is 58" ntn. 64# at 28". It has about an inch of set on the upper limb and one and a quarter inch set on the lower limb. (Dean Torges says a little bit of set makes them shoot sweeter.)

I shot her a few times yesterday but she needs braced a little higher cause I was getting some wrist slap. It's either that or my form is not so good on a bow that weight.

It has elk antler tip overlays and two layers of black walnut in the handle. The string is made but needs served and silencers added.

Next stain the boo, seal and wrap the handle.

Stiks-n-Strings · June 24, 2010, 10:04:00 AM

Sure does look good Bona!

Guys we need to slow down a bit, LOL! The sign up for next year will be posted in Jan. If we get everybody to go again plus the guys that have posted wanting in the next one we'll have over 60 bows getting swapped.

Pretty awsome. That means it would take at least 60 or so years to obtain a bow from everyone if you could that luck in the draw.