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Offline AZStickman

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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #280 on: March 19, 2006, 08:59:00 AM »
LOL.... I'm not pushing Dave.... Just keeping it up where it's easy to find.....Take your time and thanks for the contribution....  :thumbsup:   Terry
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Offline Dave Bulla

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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #281 on: March 19, 2006, 11:42:00 AM »
Timo, if you read this, PM me your address since you are next on the list.

Of course, I think I could find your house again if I was to take a drive down that way.... Can't do it during the week though.  If there is no hurry, I could either mail it during the week or bring it down in person on the weekend.  Provided of course, I'm not forced into any weekend overtime at work.
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Offline Dave Bulla

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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #282 on: March 19, 2006, 04:24:00 PM »
Well, the bow handle/overlays are done, just a matter of getting all the pictures posted.  Danged dial up takes about 20 minutes to upload a 7 megapixel picture to photobucket and that's no exageration!

I was uploading one picture at a time but the last go around I decided to try to upload three.  I hope it doesn't take an hour and 20 minutes this time   :scared:      "[moon]"      "[moon]"      "[moon]"      "[moon]"      "[moon]"  

Once these last pics get loaded I'll go ahead and start posting them here.  I've got about ten loaded and have close to twenty more to go if I don't edit a bunch.
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Offline '46

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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #283 on: March 19, 2006, 05:08:00 PM »
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Offline Dave Bulla

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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #284 on: March 19, 2006, 05:22:00 PM »
Okee dokee, it only took about 45 minutes for those last three to load.  Whooohoooo!  That's like a buy two get one free deal!!!!

Anyway, here are a couple of pics of the bow as I received it from George.  The handle was pretty close to finished dimensions.  I just had to true it up a bit.

Top view:
 

Side view:
 

Here is after evening things up some:
 

And then rounding slightly towards the back.  The piece of leather I will be using is laying on the bench.
 

Now, we get down to the actual overlays.  That piece of leather is totally unstained vegetable tanned cow hide for the first layer.  This stuff is very light color but will darken a lot when the glue is added.  It should end up close to the color of a dead oak leaf.  It also will probably have a bit of a mottled appearance with some light blotches mixed in with the dark when it is finish sanded.  Gives it sort of a more primitive/natural look than dyed leather.

 
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #285 on: March 19, 2006, 05:35:00 PM »
Nice Dave.
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Offline AZStickman

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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #286 on: March 19, 2006, 05:42:00 PM »
Dave is that a scraper in the pics?? If so where did you get it?.... Terry
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #287 on: March 19, 2006, 06:01:00 PM »
Terry, yes that's a scraper.  I made it from scrap stainless when I worked at Delta.  I made a bunch of them and gave them away at mojam.  I might have another one laying around if you are interested.  I was trying for something that would work well around pin knots, bumps and in low spots.  Just put four different radius's on the corners with the last corner kinda making a gradual curve all the way around.  Works real well for me and fits in a shirt pocket.

But anyway, here is skiving the first layer down with my knife.  It needs to be shaving sharp to do a good job.
   

Here is after rough skiving and ready for glue.
   

And here is how it darkens up with the glue.
 

This next one is just the leather for the second layer.  I've always figured that soft leather won't work for this but I'm gonna try it anyway.  It can always be rasped off.  The dark brown should make a nice accent stripe.
   

And here is after glueing it on, skiving and saturating like the first layer.  Looks kinda pukey but it ain't done yet.
   

That's all I have loaded right now but there are several more steps and one more layer of leather for the back overlay.  I may take some shortcuts on the shelves because the process is the same.  Been gimping along on the 'puter trying to load these pics since about 9:00am and it's 5:00pm now.  I'm getting hungry.
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #288 on: March 19, 2006, 06:12:00 PM »
That's looking very nice....    :thumbsup:  Your patience with the dial up connection is appreciated... Terry
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Offline Dave Bulla

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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #289 on: March 19, 2006, 06:49:00 PM »
Dang it!  I deleted some of the pictures I didn't want to so I could load the next batch into my computer from the camera.  Oh well, the finished overlay will show up in the pics of the shelves.
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #290 on: March 19, 2006, 07:58:00 PM »
Here is a side view of the finished overlay and the start of the two shelves laying on the bench.
 

If you squeeze the two pieces together between your fingers and cut the two at once, you end up with two mirror opposites like this.
 

Or you can clamp the two pieces in a small C-clamp while triming  like this.
 
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #291 on: March 19, 2006, 08:12:00 PM »
Okay, here is a shot of the back so you can see both pieces glued in place and roughly skived to shape.  You can also see the back overlay after the third layer was added.  Got a little close with the camera on this one so it's kinda blurry.
     

And here is one shelf saturated with glue, the flat filed smooth and retreated with glue for the next layer.  I decided to do this to try to get a crisper line between the two layers since the second layer is real soft stuff almost like buckskin and if I left the first layer rough the line would be rough.
     

Almost there....three layers total, one side skived roughly to shape and on the other side the third layer needs to be trimmed.
     

After triming it looks like this.  Just need to flatten the shelves, finish sand it down to 2400 grit and it will shine like glass.  You can see the mottled look I was talking about in the begining on that back overlay.  I kinda like it that way.  It should look neat next to the gar skins and if there is any space between, there should be some contrast with the wood once it darkens.
   

By the way, the corved side of the 4 in 1 rasp is about perfect for the shelf contour.  It allowed me to get the same contour on both shelves which would be difficult to do free hand with a knife and sandpaper.
   

Here it is all done.  It's shaped and sanded smooth then polished with the 2400 grit micromesh.
 
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #292 on: March 19, 2006, 08:34:00 PM »
:bigsmyl:  Gotta Love it..... Nice job.... Terry
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #293 on: March 19, 2006, 08:48:00 PM »
Very nice Dave.    :thumbsup:
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #294 on: March 19, 2006, 10:17:00 PM »
Thanks George.  Is that closer to what you had in mind?  Now it just needs the wrap and shelf/strike plates.

I cut out some pieces of vegetable tanned horse hide for that.  It's the same piece of leather used to make cordovan but not the same tanning process.  It's pretty slick but not quite like the real cordovan stuff.  The thickness is just right for strike plates.  There will be a full set of left and right shelf and strike plates plus two spare strike plates in the tube when I send it on.  Here's a pic of the strike plate just laying in place.
 

And just for gee whiz, here's a pic of my son Emmett holding the bow.  He'll get a kick out of being "on the internet".
 
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #295 on: March 19, 2006, 10:46:00 PM »
Hey Emmett, that bow your holding is starting to look pretty good.    :thumbsup:
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #296 on: March 20, 2006, 07:01:00 AM »
Howdy Emmit...

Nice work Dave   :thumbsup:  love those double shelves!
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #297 on: March 20, 2006, 07:05:00 AM »
Emmett, you look pretty darn handsom holdin that bow  ;)  Nice job Dave.  :thumbsup:
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #298 on: March 20, 2006, 07:13:00 AM »
Great looking bow and youngster!    :thumbsup:
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Re: Saint Judes Team Osage
« Reply #299 on: March 20, 2006, 07:24:00 AM »
:bigsmyl:    Hi there Emmett.....    :wavey:    Hey guys Dave sent me a PM with a great thought for a bow name..Two actually "Spirit" or "St Judes Spirit Bow" I liked em as this bow does represent the spirit of Tradgang members at their best....  this bow has some good medicine thanks to all of you.... Terry
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