TG BOW SWAP 2012 (pics and post)

[KellyG]

Man littleben that would have been a unique bow for sure. Good luck all I plan on getting some wood off this weekend I hope to have a bow I am tillering by the end of the weekend will I have 3 days this one.

[rmorris]

Matt that is looking great cant wait to see the finished product.

Ben that would of been a nice looking bow hope the next one goes great.

[Pat B]

LittleBen, some good lessons in that break. If wood is sound it breaks along grain lines. If rotten, across grain. Your bow broke along a grain line so that grain configuration is apt to break again in the future. Catalog this so when you go for your next board you will pic one with less runoffs.
I built bows for years before I ever had one break(most just bent badley)...but when it did, it was spectacular! It was ERC and ended up in 10,000 pieces.
 As long as you can learn something from this experience it is not a loss!

[rainman]

I have had several  blow.  One was bamboo backed Coco Bolo.  Had it to 27 inches and 55lbs on the tree heard a slight tick, next pull to 27 pieces went flying.  Other one was Hickory backed ERC, shot it for 30 minutes, laid it down for 10 minutes to get a drink next pull upper and lower limb blew.  I now know it was the wrong design for ERC, to short and narrow.

[Roy from Pa]

Matt, very nice z-splice, and 14 year old Osage, WOW...

Ben, sorry for the loss of the bow, been there myself a few times. Put skid marks in my BVD'S:)

[red hill]

Front or back, Roy?

[Nim-rod]

I was going to go with cherry tip overlays for my trade bow but had an idea and I wanted to seek some opinions. I have some Jasper that I gathered myself and It is actually really light in weight and thought I could make small mock arrowheads and use them as my tips. In the pics that is not the final tip shape I just put it on there to get an idea of scale. What glue would be best? I was thinking either super glue or TBIII. My concern is whether or not it would break the stone after repeated shots. Whatcha think?

[soopernate]

Those would be cool looking...flip em around so the point is towards the tip.

[Stiks-n-Strings]

I don't know if the stone would stick or not. You could make some with a good hardwood and they would look sweet.

Lee at hoots bow does some tip like that and they look sweet.

[SportHunter]

I am going to start with this hackberry blank. I have some backups if this doesn't work out. The other bow is my first successful bow made out of a pignut hickory board, just put the 5th coat of tru oil on today, its 56# @ 28'' 67'' NTN.
Waiting on some skins then will wrap handle.

[Nim-rod]

Yea I could do it with hardwood but but stone would just be way cooler. Only other problem I forsee is possibly not enough groove on the face to hold the string securely. I may have to shelf the idea for another time. I don't want to send a bow out destin to fail. I can always try it on my own bows.

[dinorocks]

I working on a couple hop hornbeam staves for the trade...plan to use the one that turns out the best.  On one of the blanks I have a knot that I need to deal with...  The knot is dime sized and elevated and located mid limb.  I have two options in laying out the bow...both have to do with the knot.  Would it be better to keep the majority of the knot in the bow or leave the majority of the knot out of the bow?  I don't have enough room to center the knot.  Not sure which way would reduce chances of breakage.  I can post some picts if it would help.

Thanks,
Dino

[PEARL DRUMS]

Leave the knot complete, or remove it Dino.

[wood carver 2]

Nimrod, if you decide to use the stone tips you can glue them on with epoxy. I will hold anything.
I think they look really great.    
Dave.

[Dan Landis]

Working on a mulberry bow that has several small pin knots on each limb, one on each limb is close to the edge, would linen be a suitable backing material for this, or would rawhide be a better choice??????Dan

[LittleBen]

Pat, you're right on. It is ridiculously difficult to see the grain on that wood.

[wildcat hunter]

I have some pictures to post, they are sized on photobucket but when I click edit and find paste - its not working? Or am I doing it wrong.

[LeeNY]

The pic I earlier posted with the Osage stave, is now history. The draw through a curve ball. Mr.********** has a gorilla draw. Leading me to plan B. Which brings out a Hickory board bow. I searched a local hardwood sawyers pile for the large part of 2 hours searching for the perfect board. I found a pair of sister boards that were near perfect for a board bow.

The bow will be backed with Deer Rawhide. (I'm a safety man)(Which for all intents and purposes means I wear a belt with suspenders) I'll post some pics for Mr. ##+******** tomorrow.

[mwirwicki]

Nim-rod:  Whatever glue you decide, it would be WAAAAY cool!  I think that it is a great idea!  Can I steel it sometime?  

Epoxy would probably be a good choice, however.

[Nim-rod]

Mwirwicki steal away! I'm still not sure it will happen. I need to cut some thicker pieces so I can get the string groove deeper so I'll see how that goes first. Ok when I get to that point I will use epoxy. Thanks all!