What did you do today?

[Roy from Pa]

Hell One would make me happy:) Gotta be at least 3 bows in one by the looks of them. What type boo is it, ya know? Just curious.

[David Flanrey]

Roy, have fun straightening those cane.  Enjoy.  What is your draw leangth?  How long do you usually make your arrows?

[Roy from Pa]

Cane is always fun, my arrows are 29 BOP. Draw length is 27.5

[Robertfishes]

Sitting in Dentist chair.. just got numbing shots, #13 tooth cracked, to bad to fix, its coming out in 5 minutes...at least it's in the back next to the molars..

[Roy from Pa]

Robert, I could add ya too the thumpin list, fly down there, and save you the co-pay to the dentist:)  

[kennym]

Sprayed my trade bow again, and made a string for it. Need to test shoot a bit and it will be in the mail, maybe monday...

[Dmaxshawn]

Originally posted by kennym:
Sprayed my trade bow again, and made a string for it. Need to test shoot a bit and it will be in the mail, maybe monday...

So you got to go outside and play in the snow.

[kennym]

Just waded to the shop! And back!  In the morning, I'll dig out if I can!

[Robertfishes]

Roy,come on down.. Bring yer shorts,flip flops and T shirts cause it's gonna be warm for the next week or so.. The bottom of one the roots busted off and they had to cut me up to get to it..got at least 6 stiches and am still bleeding. I can't go to work tomorrow since I'm taking Vicadan, it's not allowed at my job..good thing I have about 900 sick hours saved up.

[Frosty the Bowman]

Robert, take care and get better, been there done that one a few times.
Should have litened to my parents, ugh, hate to say that.

Kenny, take care too, we can't have you getting hurt or sick, we would all run out of materials real fast to build with, and besides, who would help keep Roy in line.  

[Roy from Pa]

Hope it heals fast for you Robert. Ya vicadan messes me up so I don't take it.

[Buxndiverdux]

Roy from Pa... check your PM's.

[Buxndiverdux]

Roy, maybe you can tell me what kind of Boo it is when you get your box via Fed Ex?

[Frosty the Bowman]

Told the wife I need some bow wood, and since my college boy finances suck, I had an idea.

Yep, was thinking again, everybody hold on, this could hurt  :D  

I told her since all the good bow wood is down south and back east that we all need to take a family vacation. (so far it was going ok) I told her what we need to do is make contact with a lot of you in different areas who would be willing to help me go out and harvest some wood. Then we could meet a lot of you and I could get a bunch of bow wood.( yep, you guessed it, some how it was not recieved to well    

Well I'll have to find another plan to come out for a visit now, darn.

[fujimo]

You should have yew, vine maple and ocean spray, any birch?

[RedStag5728]

Got the riser for my red oak board bow glued up last night with some TBIII and today went out and shaped the riser to the outline of my board bow as well as trued up the outlines to the profile with my drawknife, surform and rasps.

Although the board i've selected has very straight grain, I've decided to go ahead and back it for insurance purposes. I've been reading a lot of people using cloth, silk, linen and the like as a backing. Would this be suitable? or should I back it with sinew, bamboo or more suitable material.

My goal with the backing is not to add weight or anything to the bow (I'm making the thickness a full 1/2" to make it a little stronger than 50#). I'm merely reinforcing the bow to reduce splintering as well as maybe protect the bow from breaking as much as possible just in case I get the tiller off.

My bowying mentor also gave me a tip to spread superglue to the back of selfbows to help provide a 'backing' to reduce splintering. I'm truly planning on staining my board bow once it's done, and I truly want it to be a full wood bow, but I also want the insurance of a backing, would this also be a good alternative, for the best of both worlds? (clear 'backing' to show wood but also reduce splintering).

[RedStag5728]

Please delete

[razorback]

RedStag, if you just want insurance for a break,then
any of the cloth or paper options would do. If your grain is good then you wouldn't need a boo or wood backing. Go to the local fabric shop and pick up some plain silk and glue it on. Strong and light. Good luck and post pics.

[razorback]

Well I hit the jackpot the other day. We had some friends here last weekend for a couple of days. i showed their 12 year old my workshop and some of the bows I am working on. He showed some interest and then the day after they got home I got an e-mail asking for information on what he needs to make his own bow. I sent him a couple of links,this site and Sam Harpers, some of my own advice and I will be shipping a farriers rasp off to him this week. Getting kids involved in bow making is one of my favorite things.

[Roy from Pa]

Today I received my Carter roller kit for the band saw:)