Balding Kansan"s 2010 Sawp Bow ( Finished pics on page 3 and 4! )

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I got this one going for Balding Kansan, and because it is a trad bow... Here are some pics for ya'll. It is going to be round the 64in. mark and shooting for 60@29. There are a few knots here and there, but nothin major it has some nice natural reflex in it so I may just heat straighten it a bit after it dries. I pulled the bark off and went to the ring above the one I want. I hope to have the bow in the steam tube soon and then into my hotbox @ low heat. I'm hoping it doesn't check as I speed dry it!

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Bear with me here, I can only post one pic at a time.

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Layout

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This is the only bad knot, but it is well hidden.

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a profile pic of the back after rougin it out a bit.

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a side profile pic

[KellyG]

wow you are quick.

[red hill]

Nice, DVS. Very nice.
Stan

[Pat B]

Seal the back and ends with shellac. The shellac can take the heat and humidity of steaming and will help prevent checking when it goes into the hot box.

[Stiks-n-Strings]

David you ain't wasting any time.

Balding kansan's guy was the only one I did not hear back from last week after I sent out final notice. Had several guys offer to build the extra bow and I let Kansan decide who he wanted a bow from.

Looks like he picked a good one.

Stiks

[Balding Kansan]

Thanks David! I'm going to try my hardest not to "peek" in this thread anymore.

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Thanks Kris, I'm happy he picked me! It gives me some focus in the shop

Pat, thanks for the advice. I always seal everything with shellac. Especially when I know it's going to be steamed. That is the first tool needed for bow building. :-)

I'm going out to steam her up now. I will post some pics after. Thanks for looking.

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I was able to squeeze in a few hours this morning and got out the steam tube for a little speed drying.  

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another pic. This is the open side of my steam tube. I use a small hotplate to boil water for the steam.

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here it is out of the tube  .
I will post more pics as I progress, but it's going to be a few weeks.

[Stiks-n-Strings]

David,

I need some pics up here of how you set up your steam tube where the steam goes in. I been aiming to build me one just haven't given it much thought as to how i will do it.

Stiks

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I will get some pics up soon. I just put the pot right under the tube and let nature do it's thing. The holes in the ends keep air flowing through the pipe.  I think that I have around twenty bucks in the setup all together.

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I pulled the stave out of the hot box today and took off one last ring. I left one on and sure enough it had a few checks from speed drying. They all only went one ring so I'm still ok. I will take the bow down to floor tiller dimensions tonight and then back into the hot box for another week or so.

[Diamondback59]

hey david happy thaNKS GIVIN TO U AND THE FAMILY BEEN A WHILE    MAN UR GETTIN FANCY LOL WITH UR STEAMIN HAHA  LOOKING GOOD SO FAR IM WATCHIN THIS ONE  HOW S UR SPEED BOWS FOR MOJAM COMIN  ?? BROCK