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Timo you my friend have built some dandy's yourself, I look forward to seeing your work as well.
-------------------- "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy" Red Green Posts: 7499 | From: Nevada | Registered: Apr 2003
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Dano,I'm slowly working on a minimally character laden osage.64" NTN 4" handle 2" fades.1 3/8" tapering down to 1/2" tips.I guess you would call it a pyramid style.No knots or pins to speak of,has some side to side wave and a little prop twist.One little whoopdy doo that is like a step down.Getting ready to put on the short string.
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Way to pull it off Dano. I just cut a lot of excess wood of mine with a band saw yesterday, and with a little luck, maybe she'll turn out half as good lookin as yours.
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Thanks guy's, Linc, Clint we expect pitures. Check out this nice tree Dosbow56 spotted, there might be a bow there somewhere.
Oh Dano look at that Barber pole in the bark onm that main trunk. Tree been subjected to a lot of wind twist. Maybe a branch has straight bark. Were it me, unless you LIKED making bows from wood like you just worked I'd find another tree.
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-------------------- "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy" Red Green Posts: 7499 | From: Nevada | Registered: Apr 2003
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Me mad Dano? No way buddy. It's cool. What was odd was that the quote disappeared when I edited my post. I'd be surprised if they write that stuff by reference by I guess so.
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I noticed the same thing. "Charter Members" are supposed to be respectable you know. Thank Goodness someone's lookin out for us.
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Dano, good job and an interesting build along. Would it be possible to fasten a small turkey whistle in the hole? Bue--.
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Thanks Bue, you know I could probably get a whistle in the hole, My bow would cherp every time I shot.
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Opps Dano just edited your message above with my message (the one with the tree pic)..sorry got my dang moderators finger in the wrong hole
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Mickey, I think Dosbow was just ribbin me with that picture, I would pass that tree up as well, there has to be better osage than that up there in northern Illinois. Dang you moderators get all the cool buttons.
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Dano,,,Great build-a-long! and at just the right time, I've got a bow started now that has a large knot like that in both limbs. Actually I laid it out that way. It's made from two billets that were split one from on top of the other. Same branch growing thru each billet, I laid out the bow pattern from the center of knot on each limb. Should have a stiff spot in the same area of each limb. I hope to get started on the tillering this coming weekend. You & DCM are my inspiration on this one. Congrats again on such a challenge.
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Brian I'm kinda low tech and these dang computers just have too many buttons on them sometimes One wrong "enter" and you've altered, deleted, edited the wrong thing ha ha. Sometimes I stare at the screen and go "ok, what did I just do?" LOL
bad idea giving control of a high tech medium to a low tech guy
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