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Offline fujimo

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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #600 on: April 06, 2014, 08:22:00 PM »
too cool!
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #601 on: April 06, 2014, 09:08:00 PM »
Beautiful bow!
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #602 on: April 06, 2014, 09:16:00 PM »
Joe, been a beekeeper since I was 12.  I love to mess with them.  I have 21 hives right now.  I make about 100 or so gallon of honey a year.  Lot's of work.....Very nice start on the long bow.

John, that is a beauty.  I love the look of coco but hate to work it.
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #603 on: April 06, 2014, 09:19:00 PM »
Another nice one John!!
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #604 on: April 06, 2014, 09:20:00 PM »
Might sound strange but...

I've never really gave shooting with a cant a fair shot.
I've always been a straight up vertical guy.
It has really limited me for bow length as I hunt from the ground only..and normally like a bow that I can shoot while sitting on my heels. Kept me at 63" max.
Just tried making a 62" trilam that pulls to 28"...didn't work out so well.
I'm POSITIVE it can be done....but I don't seem to be up to the perfection needed...yet
soooo..

I borrowed a nice ol' 66" Bear polar target bow today.
Just to learn how to shoot with a cant.
Was extremely odd feeling/looking for many shots..and they were all over.

Then it hit me.."hey you stupid &*^%$, you can't just cant your bow...you gotta bend at the waist too"

After that long overdue epiphany..The arrows grouped well.
After putting the bow down a few hours I was able to come back and get right back into it.

So..
On to building a 66" tri that hopefully my meager skills will be up to task to complete....at least this one shouldn't be quite so stressed...
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..there's more fun in hunting with the handicap of the bow than there is in hunting with the sureness of the gun.~ F.Bear

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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #605 on: April 06, 2014, 09:29:00 PM »
Started on a knew form today for a mild r/d. Beautiful bow Jsweka!  I ordered some coco, black pholonic and tiger myrtle from Big Jim last week. Hope the combo looks as good as yours!
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #606 on: April 06, 2014, 10:10:00 PM »
Thanks guys.
Cocobolo is nice once it's done, but I somewhat agree with David.  It seems to take forever for the finish to dry on it (even with sealing with super glue) and the dust burns my nose when working with it.
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Online Roy from Pa

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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #607 on: April 07, 2014, 06:49:00 AM »
Practice John..  :)
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #608 on: April 07, 2014, 09:49:00 PM »
Been working on getting my new offroad wheelchair, so I can go roving and stumping again.
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #609 on: April 10, 2014, 10:24:00 PM »
Got a .oo2 sled in the mail.

Played around making a few single tapers on some scrap.

then I remembered a piece of lamboo flooring sample I had in the basement...
Made another .002 sled.

Then played around and made a couple full length double tapered @ .004 lams with a parallel section in the middle.

all I worked with today was scrap wood...kinda getting antsy to get to work on the real deal.

This stuff is fun!
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #610 on: April 11, 2014, 06:26:00 AM »
You're going high tech.  :)
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #611 on: April 11, 2014, 08:28:00 AM »
na..I'm not grinding glass....    :)
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If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.~Aristotle

..there's more fun in hunting with the handicap of the bow than there is in hunting with the sureness of the gun.~ F.Bear

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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #612 on: April 11, 2014, 08:38:00 AM »
Ya do and we are done..  :)     :laughing:    :nono:
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #613 on: April 11, 2014, 09:05:00 AM »
LOL...
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If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.~Aristotle

..there's more fun in hunting with the handicap of the bow than there is in hunting with the sureness of the gun.~ F.Bear

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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #614 on: April 11, 2014, 10:09:00 AM »
I warn ya son..  :)
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #615 on: April 11, 2014, 06:00:00 PM »
Finished a couple riser blocks today.  Now if AEP would get the power outage over with, I could get to work on limbs.

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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #616 on: April 11, 2014, 10:16:00 PM »
Here's one I just finished 51@28" orange heart riser/ laura veneers 63" ntn
 
 
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #617 on: April 11, 2014, 11:07:00 PM »
hooweee trux- that is beeeeautiful!!
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #618 on: April 12, 2014, 03:58:00 AM »
Awesome Trux..
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #619 on: April 12, 2014, 06:57:00 AM »
Nice work Trux!!!
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