2020---->What did ya do today?

Buemaker · August 12, 2020, 03:28:18 PM

Good catch Shredd

Crooked Stic · August 15, 2020, 09:33:46 PM

Well I am back folks. After contacting Terry he said the new system something was clicked that would not let me login. Fixed now. So here is what I am doing today. Calling it my scrap barrel bow. Some pieces to good to throw away. Cherry ans KY. coffeebean riser with tulipwood and zebra veneers.

zhangkeyang · August 18, 2020, 06:37:08 AM

Eric Krewson · August 18, 2020, 08:50:21 AM

I made a tillering tree for a guy I gave a hickory stave to, he stalled out on his first bow, hopefully the tree will get him going again.

Longcruise · August 18, 2020, 10:26:29 AM

Today longcruise layed up his very first bow.

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Shredd · August 18, 2020, 01:58:59 PM

Good Luck Long... Hope everything runs smooth for you...

Bvas · August 18, 2020, 02:02:22 PM

Quote from: Longcruise on August 18, 2020, 10:26:29 AM
Today longcruise layed up his very first bow.

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You've got that laid out like a pro.

Did ya watch a YouTube video or something?

Crooked Stic · August 18, 2020, 02:45:45 PM

The scrap barrel bow came in at 46@28. 61 in. Cherry coffeewood tulipwood and zebra.

Mad Max · August 18, 2020, 04:00:59 PM

Looks good stic-- You got that woop de do lokin good off the riser

Probably smoke an arrow too

Roy from Pa · August 18, 2020, 04:35:09 PM

Has a crack in it..

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Crooked Stic · August 18, 2020, 05:35:57 PM

Yeah I wudered what that noise wus.
Me thinks the big crack my be on yur backside Roy

Roy from Pa · August 18, 2020, 06:08:24 PM

Longcruise · August 18, 2020, 10:18:28 PM

Had me taking a closer look.

Longcruise · August 18, 2020, 10:21:21 PM

Quote from: Bvas on August 18, 2020, 02:02:22 PM
Quote from: Longcruise on August 18, 2020, 10:26:29 AM
Today longcruise layed up his very first bow.

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You've got that laid out like a pro.

Did ya watch a YouTube video or something?

I been looking at all the pitchers you guys post here. Some Monterey guy had some that I used as a bad example which was a big help!

Flem · August 19, 2020, 09:50:42 AM

What ya got there, LongMike? Looks like Cherry from here.
I love that you do all your layups outside

I would be afraid of skeeters in the ointment.
Speaking of Skeeter, where are you?

Longcruise · August 19, 2020, 01:35:08 PM

It's an ASL 68" with some reflex in an arc. Green back and gray belly with charcoal spectra ply riser. No cherry, just good ol maple cores. This one gave me a scare cause my topless set up busted a peg just under the riser. The cord is wrapped over itself so many times that for the most part it still held but pressure fell to 25# at about hour #2 or so. I aired it back up and waited it out. All is good!

Tip overlays curing now. I'll do a few pics when it's looking like a bow.

No skeeters but i start my lay ups early before it gets too hot. Hit 99 yesterday bit was about 70 during this project. I do almost everything outside cause my inside is a 5 X 10 alcove in the garage!

I'm in Colorado a ways NW of Denver. We are a pocket of sanity between Denver and Boulder.

Flem · August 19, 2020, 03:59:31 PM

There is some nice country around you, Mike. Lots of recreating folks too!
Been there a couple of times to play in Eldorado canyon and drink beer in Boulder. Don't think I have ever been in a town with so many brew pubs

That Maple looks dark in the pic. Makes an awesome ASL

skeaterbait · August 20, 2020, 05:43:59 AM

Quote from: Flem on August 19, 2020, 09:50:42 AM
What ya got there, LongMike? Looks like Cherry from here.
I love that you do all your layups outside I would be afraid of skeeters in the ointment.
Speaking of Skeeter, where are you?

I am still suffering the after math projects of a move that turned... cantankerous shall we say

. One project after another and none of them the ones I would like to be doing. I have a boat load of veneers I have cut just waiting to be used, just no time for them right now.

But I am now in a 30x50 shop on 7 acres, so once I get to building I have lots of room to bury arrows for my mower to find.

Longcruise · August 20, 2020, 10:47:37 AM

Quote from: Flem on August 19, 2020, 03:59:31 PM
There is some nice country around you, Mike. Lots of recreating folks too!
Been there a couple of times to play in Eldorado canyon and drink beer in Boulder. Don't think I have ever been in a town with so many brew pubs

That Maple looks dark in the pic. Makes an awesome ASL

Yeah, the recreating is amped way up during the pandemic. Then there's a whole lot of people who got nowhere to go but are tucked away in out of the way places in the mountains. There's a 14 day max per location in the NF but they seem to be leaving them alone.

ztontonz · August 23, 2020, 12:50:52 AM

I spent the last couple weekends making a bed. Today finally resumed making dust in the shop.
Trying my hand at a first 3 piece.