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Offline bjansen

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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #140 on: March 20, 2010, 09:55:00 PM »
Oh no Pete...It was looking so good too.
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #141 on: March 20, 2010, 11:49:00 PM »
they always told me "If you ain't breakin you ain't makin". Still it's a bummer though.

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Offline Bert Frelink

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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #142 on: March 21, 2010, 07:13:00 PM »
Waddayouguys mean your shippin' I thought we were shippin' the first week in July?????
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #143 on: March 21, 2010, 07:24:00 PM »
I was thinking July was our deadline..but if they are done earlier ship them. I thought this was mentioned on this thread or the initial sign up thread... Did I blow it?
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #144 on: March 21, 2010, 09:28:00 PM »
I plan on shipping tomorrow.Is this wrong?I understood that july 4th was the deadline but you could ship earlier if you wanted.
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #145 on: March 21, 2010, 09:35:00 PM »
ship when you are done. Nice bow scott.
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #146 on: March 21, 2010, 09:37:00 PM »
sorry to hear of your explosion. It was looking good.
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #147 on: March 21, 2010, 10:01:00 PM »
i feel your pain Trad.  had a few problems of my own.
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #148 on: March 21, 2010, 11:56:00 PM »
Well guys after working down a few staves, I feel like I have one that I would be glad to trade.
Side profile
 

Back Profile
 

View Down The Back
 

Got It thined downed and took a few more picures.
Another View down the back
 

Side Profile
 

It has some deflex in one limb. Im gonna have to throw it on the form to get that out and pull one tip to the side just a little and I might as well add some reflex while I am at it.

Thanks
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #149 on: March 22, 2010, 12:25:00 AM »
Nice job following the grain Boswell!Cant wait to see how it comes out!
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #150 on: March 22, 2010, 02:23:00 AM »
very nice choice for the trade
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #151 on: March 22, 2010, 09:40:00 AM »
Boswell that is gonna make a fine bow for sure, Love them snakey staves.
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #152 on: March 22, 2010, 11:19:00 AM »
Shipped my trade bow out this morning!Watch the mail!
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Offline 4est trekker

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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #153 on: March 28, 2010, 04:25:00 PM »
Well, since I received my bow already from Brad, I figured I had better get a move on with building my trade bow.  Here's a few pictures of the process.  My brother-in-law (the one in the picture) and I cut and split this osage log about a few springs ago:

 


It yielded a nice little stash of staves:

 


Here's the one I selected for the trade.  I can heat that bend out with no trouble.

 


Reduced it to a rough 2" width with my hatchet:

 


Here it is after rough-profiling it.  Limbs (especially tips) are left wide at this point:

 


Making a nice pile of kindling!

 
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #154 on: March 28, 2010, 04:25:00 PM »
Here is after another round of shaping, both from the front profile and side:

 

 

After a little heat, I got it straightened out pretty well.  I'll touch it up later as needed.  Don't have any pictures of the first tiller check yet, but it drew very nicely on the long string.  I've got to put some reflex in the limbs and flip the tips.  I don't know if I'll use heat on the tips or use the splined technique.  

 

All for now!
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #155 on: March 28, 2010, 05:31:00 PM »
Looking good 4est!
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #156 on: March 28, 2010, 06:07:00 PM »
Your making quick work of that 4est and its looking great.
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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #157 on: March 29, 2010, 04:16:00 PM »
After all the cool bows you guys already have made for the trade I had to start as well. So here I go ! Today I started with glueing up the riser piece. It's made of walnut and I added a thin accent strip of red phenol between two stripes of osage.

Here I have everything ready for glue up...

 

...and here it's glued up and between the clamps...

 

Tomorrow I will continue with the riser and prepare the lams and the glass for the glue up.

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Offline Swissbow

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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #158 on: March 30, 2010, 05:24:00 PM »
Ok, I did some more work on the bow today. With my template I draw the outline of the riser...

 

...cut it out and started sanding the radius until it fits to the bow form. Against the light I check if the riser fits...

 

With a pen I mark the spots where I have to remove some more wood...

 

Then I sand, check again and so on until I'm satisfied and the riser fits perfect. The next step consists of sanding the fades on the riser. Here the lams, the glass and the riser are ready for glue up.

 

Can't wait to see the osage lams under clear glass. I bet they look killer.

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Re: TG bow trade
« Reply #159 on: March 30, 2010, 06:21:00 PM »
Thats osage is going to look great under the glass Andy.
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