2021 Bow Swap Progress Thread - Complete

kennym · February 15, 2021, 03:15:51 PM

Mark , we made it to -1 before it started back down for the nite. Have blowing snow drifting road shut.

-14 forecast for tonite.

They say 40 Saturday, if it gets there I'm goin streakin...

Roy from Pa · February 15, 2021, 03:33:01 PM

They say 40 Saturday, if it gets there I'm goin streakin..

Didn't happen WIFOUT PICHERS:)

Mad Max · February 15, 2021, 04:23:00 PM

Quote from: kennym on February 15, 2021, 03:15:51 PM
Mark , we made it to -1 before it started back down for the nite. Have blowing snow drifting road shut.

-14 forecast for tonite.

They say 40 Saturday, if it gets there I'm goin streakin...

Yea it just snowed about 1" on top of the sleet, back to the bow room

wood carver 2 · February 15, 2021, 06:06:37 PM

I got my first potential swap bow glued up and I glued up a footed riser as well. Maple and cherry with wenge accents.
Pictures tomorrow after I take them out of the clamps.

Dave.

Mad Max · February 15, 2021, 06:29:28 PM

I just need to sand the fades to thickness and glue up tomorrow

Roy from Pa · February 15, 2021, 07:29:14 PM

Damn that's sharp...

Crooked Stic · February 15, 2021, 08:43:15 PM

Oh no Roy pretty sure we dont want to see Kenny streaking

Roy from Pa · February 15, 2021, 08:45:37 PM

Don't worry Mike, the ole boy can't run too fast too far anyways:)

skeaterbait · February 16, 2021, 08:34:01 AM

Quote from: kennym on February 15, 2021, 03:15:51 PM
Mark , we made it to -1 before it started back down for the nite. Have blowing snow drifting road shut.

-14 forecast for tonite.

The Mrs. sent me a pic from her car this morning showing -17. With no heat in the shop I may have to replace all my adhesives.

Roy from Pa · February 16, 2021, 08:48:44 AM

Lonnie that sucks.

We are lucky here, it's 32 degrees, but we have freezing rain now on top of the foot of snow we have.

Hope the power stays on but we have a generator that runs all we need for the house.

Shreddy boy, I don't wanna hear about how warm it is down there:)

Mad Max · February 16, 2021, 09:05:37 AM

7*

Pat B · February 16, 2021, 09:45:22 AM

Just cold(30s) and rainy here. I feel for you guys.

Shredd · February 16, 2021, 10:25:08 AM

Skeets... I got a small 16" x 16" insulated box with a 15 or 20 watt bulb to keep my ea40 warm when it gets below 70 to make it easier to spread... You might want one just to keep your stuff from freezing... If you got a lot of stuff you wanna keep warm, an old fridge with a light bulb in it should work good...

skeaterbait · February 16, 2021, 11:21:23 AM

Dang, I never thought about that. I have perfectly good bow oven that would do just that.

Sounds like a good one for the tips and tricks thread.

Shredd · February 16, 2021, 11:41:39 AM

Make an insulated partition and section off your oven so you are not wasting energy heating up the whole thing...

Skeets... Throw it in the tips and tricks thread... Tell them Shredd sent yah...

canopyboy · February 16, 2021, 03:18:24 PM

Some good progress going on it looks like.

Me? Well, I stared at that scrap I was contemplating making lams out of and decided I should order some new bandsaw blades. I tweaked the last good one helping my daughter rough out a stave and now it leaves a bit of gouge every pass around. Suppose now I have a few days before I need to go stare some more.

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Mad Max · February 16, 2021, 03:23:40 PM

What edge sander do you have there Canopyboy?

Buemaker · February 16, 2021, 04:03:43 PM

Max, can you explain how that top form works? Is it both for DR and straight limbed bows?

wood carver 2 · February 16, 2021, 04:19:02 PM

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Well, here's one out of the clamps. The glue lines look ok for the most part. I'll know better after it's trimmed. Beside it is the footed maple riser.
And we had 8" of snow last night and more on the way.
Dave.

Mad Max · February 16, 2021, 04:32:44 PM

Bue It's a recurve form, I can make different riser shapes by adding pieces to the form, back and belly, look in the picture the 1/4" piece under the riser with all the kerf cuts in it, and I can add 1/8" on top of that, the pieces on the top form just close the gap down to the fire hose. The riser on the form is the smallest back to belly I have made and may look like a long bow riser.

The second one from the bottom looks like a Fred bear bow.

Bear riser