Author Topic: What did you do today? (Read 58990 times)

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #240 on:** January 04, 2012, 05:57:00 PM »

Congrats Jon.

Today I'm fighten a bad cold, no bow work for a while here..

SportHunter · « **Reply #241 on:** January 04, 2012, 06:34:00 PM »

Shaping & sanding today, deciding on finish.

red hill · « **Reply #242 on:** January 04, 2012, 07:00:00 PM »

Congrats, Jon! Don't listen to H8noncubs. That aint the reason. The real reason is you'll both be too tired after chasin' the kid all day!

I shot my HBO and old HBH and two bows I was repairing. Both are HBO. One had a tip overlay of osage split. It split again after 3 shots so back to trying to repair. Think I'll grind off the first overlay, glue on a new one, and rasp it into shape. The second repair job wasn't really a repair. I had to add an arrow rest for a leftie. How many of you are right handed but shoot south paw? Or vice-versa? :confused:

Dan Landis · « **Reply #243 on:** January 04, 2012, 07:14:00 PM »

Congrats, Jon!!!!

Hunted this morning and evening, worked in the middle of the day.

Nim-rod · « **Reply #244 on:** January 04, 2012, 07:19:00 PM »

Worked on the bow for the swap and helped along my bow building "student" with his first bow from a hickory stave I gave him. I just hope he sands it very smooth and then sands it some more like I suggested. I want him to have a really nice bow when finished not like the rough looking board bow he "finished" a few months ago.

SportHunter · « **Reply #245 on:** January 04, 2012, 10:10:00 PM »

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #246 on:** January 05, 2012, 09:19:00 PM »

Got the Buffalo Horn tips glued on a bbo.

Got another bbo glued up.

DVSHUNTER · « **Reply #247 on:** January 05, 2012, 09:54:00 PM »

Im working on a hockory build along. Slowly.

Way to fight off the sniffles roy!

Looking good.

Papa · « **Reply #248 on:** January 05, 2012, 10:06:00 PM »

I finished my financial statements!!!

Keenan · « **Reply #249 on:** January 05, 2012, 10:11:00 PM »

Looking great Roy.
For the last five days we have been working on cleaning out a back room in the shop. Just found the floor for the first time in a few years. It was an old tool repair room that turned into a junk pile. It will be some nice storage area for bow bench parts and staves.
Worked on my sons first buckskin today. He got his first deer this year so I decided to make a warshirt for him with it.

DVSHUNTER · « **Reply #250 on:** January 06, 2012, 08:53:00 AM »

Aweaome keenan. Congratulations on the deer. Bow old is your boy? I took my 8 year old elijah out this spring for his first turkey. What a great feeling as a father.

Keenan · « **Reply #251 on:** January 06, 2012, 09:52:00 AM »

David, He is 13. Here in Oregon you have to be 12 to hunt. He missed hunters safty his first year and was unable.
You are right it is some awesome father son time of building memories.

soopernate · « **Reply #252 on:** January 06, 2012, 10:03:00 AM »

Do you need my address for that bow Roy or you gonnna make me have to build my own. Looks like its gonna be a sweet shape.

snakebit40 · « **Reply #253 on:** January 06, 2012, 11:07:00 AM »

Thanks everybody!

I worked on my board bow some more last night. I'm hoping to have some tiller pics up by Sunday.

Goose Gossett · « **Reply #254 on:** January 07, 2012, 07:00:00 PM »

@Keenan: I understand the feeling of seeing the floor for the first time in a while. Yesterday I cleaned a pile of rock chips and I remembered oh yeah this floor is somewhat level.

A few hours in the shop today with my buddy Will yielded a few hickory/ipe and bamboo/ipe glue up kits. One might find it's way to being a trade bow.

SportHunter · « **Reply #255 on:** January 07, 2012, 07:12:00 PM »

Fine sanding, tried some different finishes on scraps of hickory, going to keep it natural with tru oil. Ordering some skins, hopefully bull snake with high contrast.

DVSHUNTER · « **Reply #256 on:** January 07, 2012, 07:58:00 PM »

Sport. You cant go wrong with tru oil. Especially over skins.

Diamondback59 · « **Reply #257 on:** January 07, 2012, 08:37:00 PM »

got my take down sleeves from 3 rivers i aint a happy camper been filing em workin on em a bit not what i expected at the price at all im a mechinest so been drawin out my own ideas ill make my own aint gonna order em again brock

AZ_Shooter · « **Reply #258 on:** January 07, 2012, 09:05:00 PM »

I went to Lowes and Home Depot to try and find a decent red oak board. I didn't find one.

Oh well, I guess I will just keep looking.

Keenan · « **Reply #259 on:** January 07, 2012, 09:39:00 PM »

Nice shop Goose

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