Doc, I got a nice response back from the lister. Although he doesn't give the name of the original owner, the response explains why we've never heard of him.
The response:
Dear 992life, (ME)
Well let's see....I am not going to name his name...I do not think that is important....I can tell you this though: He was an instuctor or taught archery for years at a Youth Camp In Oregon....he was a Pastor/Evengelist and he had a burden for kids and so he went and taught a archery course every summer for many years at this youth camp....he set up his archery shop behind his house in Vancouver....and proceeded to make reproduction Martin Breakdown bows every yaer for the kids that completed the course at youth camp and he always gave them away....he never sold one of them....I have one of the bows he made and I have sold some of them as well....they looks just like a Martin breakdown...with a little tweek here and thier....most of which he made where in the 30-40 pound range....the machine you are looking at came out of his shop...I have pretty much sold everything else had machinery wise....he had a ton of equipment....I still have a lot of bow parts that he had for making the bows....lamination strips, hinges, bolts for the breakdown and knobs for the screw-off limbs...he had a lot of original arrows back from the 70's, but I have sold most of them....this machine he used to put the limbs together...you can see glue rements on the side of the machine....he was a wonderful man. He passed away about 4 years ago...his great grandfather help found the city of Castle Rock, Washington....well that is about all I know...I hope this has helped you..if not ask more questions...thanks...
Interesting story, and a nice bit of history of a man that gave thru traditional archery.
Tim
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