2014 Annual Bow Swap

[Echatham]

Haha roy dont worry

[Echatham]

Who needs fiberglass when ya got fibergrass aye roy?

[Roy from Pa]

[beachbowhunter]

I guess Roy is now the official TG Swap Bow Namer

[Echatham]

Youll be happy to know i got a trilam on the works.  Among other things.... Character osage, sinew backed ERC, black locust takedown.  Ya know this bowbuilding sure does slow down when ya got ADD.

[timbermoose]

i vote for the dark one as well goob.

got a new blade for bandsaw, but.....now it won't start. changed it out and motor aint coming on, light and laser work but no motor. might take a hammer to it soon for some "adjustment".

never had a problem with drawknife or scrapers doing this to me with blade work, may just go back to them.  

[Dan Landis]

Put the first coat of finish on mine today.  Eric, I also have a few others on the go.  There's another osage, a privet pole sorta r/d, a hophornbeam bendy handle, and a honey locust.  They're all self bows, if they live long enough.

[Echatham]

I found me some sexy hop hornbeams a month or so ago while shed hunting.  Gotta go get em soon.  Sap should be up enough for the bark to peel off.

[Mike Mecredy]

Today I started the one I'm swappin' this year. I didn't get a pic, I will tomorrow, it's sort of unique.  -Mike

[D]

Great lookin bows. I vote the dark one too Josh.

Beach that thing will be a beauty

Glad to see so much progress over the last couple of days

[redbeard126]

I like the dark one as well. Finished sanding the swap bow today, should be getting the finish on in the next couple days and then on it's way to **********!

[goobersan]

[KellyG]

Well they are all looking great.

[red hill]

Great looking bows, guys! I'll take any of 'em!

Hafta apologize about no progress, Roy. Spent most of last week in a Little Rock hospital with my step dad. Had his prostate removed, poor guy!

 I'll get back on it this week.

[cunruhshoot]

Got my swap bow all finished up. I typically do a simple wipe on finish multiple coats but I was thinking of investing in a sprayer and giving it a try on the swap bow. Gonna do some shopping and see if it is in the budget.

I will try to throw some pics up this week...

[Roy from Pa]

I have a Finex 1000 spray gun, works great. Around $100.00.
 http://www.nationaltoolwarehouse.com/Finex-FX1000-10mm-mini-HVLP-Gun-P135161.aspx?gclid=COK7wPf-vr0CFeJF7AodGFMA3g

[canopyboy]

Originally posted by timbermoose:
got a new blade for bandsaw, but.....now it won't start. changed it out and motor aint coming on, light and laser work but no motor. might take a hammer to it soon for some "adjustment".

A laser? On a bandsaw?    


 

Originally posted by Echatham:
Ya know this bowbuilding sure does slow down when ya got ADD.

Aint that the truth! Part way into starting my swap bow, I decided I needed an edge sander. Grizzly was out of stock of the one I wanted, and now I started designing/building my own. And oh yeah, I'm thinking about making my first D/R with some fancy veneers. Oh, and I want to get the sinew backed ERC going. And guess what? I just thought of way to make the sander better. Time to send out my swap bow wood to be made into lams. I wonder if I could re-create this 59 Kodiak form? Dang, my idea for a swap bow riser seems kind of lame next to all of these guys. I wonder what this would look like? Oops, sent that out for lams. Need to buy some glass. Let's buy some brown glass while we're at it. Wonder what I can make with that? Wait, focus - back to the swap bow. Wait, what?

[razorback]

Canopyboy I just had people looking weird at me as I laughed at your post. That is funny right there, true but funny.

[Dan Landis]

Hope to have mine finished up by this weekend, will get some pics up then.

[KellyG]

Canopyboy did you see that chicken?