2014 Annual Bow Swap

[talkingcabbage]

Well, got Roy's, er, my victim's limbs glued up  
 

Hope they're the right color!        

[Walt Francis]

Todd, Trux, those are some slick looking bows  

[bigbob2]

Joe they look just the color for Roy!          

[Roy from Pa]

Cabbagepatch, I'll take em:) Bob, don't make me come over there son..  

[MoeM]

Real men wear pink....

[ranger 3]

Just put the first cost of tri oil on  

[ranger 3]

Just put the first coat of tru oil  

[ranger 3]

Originally posted by ranger 3:
Just put the first coat of tri oil  

[D]

Holy cow all the bows lol great. Dang good looking skins

Ya know the thing about photobucket is thats its not real hard to reverse an image to make a lefty look like a righty or vise versa....wink wink

[fujimo]

just dont have anything with writing on in the frame!!- that would really give it away   :D  
hooo weee.....really beautiful bows all!!!!

[Trux Turning]

Ranger those skins are killer!

[KellyG]

Ranger that is one great looking bow for sure.

[Pat B]

Here is my trade bow at floor tiller stage. It is 61" t/t and will be around 50# when done.
 

 

[halfseminole]

Still got to wait on my hickory stick to come in to really get started.  Decided I'd rather not build something I was afraid would give out.  I want my swap bow to last.  I've also been doing other little projects to adjust to losing my right eye, so I don't screw this up.  Going out tomorrow to look at some black walnut from the same batch the handle wood comes from.  I'll hopefully get some pics then.  Might have some ancient red oak there as well.  When the land for this place was originally cleared, it was rough sawn into planks and used for a lot of the structures around here.  The real issue is finding clear pieces-the knots are impressive in a lot of it.

[Dan Landis]

Those glass bows are sure nice looking, I wouldn't mind if one of them showed up on my porch.

Ranger 3, Looks good!  Those skins are impressive.

Pat B, Looks like it's coming along nicely.

Mine is at ready to start tillering, will try to get some pics up tomorrow.

[Echatham]

Ranger 3 now thats incentive for me to get goin.  i know you can't ship it to me until i ship... cause its my first time in the swap,  so real quick im just gonna slap together some pvc scraps with sheetrock screws, duct tape the hinges, and get Roy's bow on the way to him so you can ship that baby!    

[timbermoose]

   

best if you use pink duct tape.

[bigbob2]

           

[Roy from Pa]

Well I see it's time to start the 2014 thumping list here:)

[halfseminole]

How's this for bow wood?

 

 

 

According to papers here, the original buildings were built close to the turn of the century, which would make this wood over 100 years old before it was cut.  As you can tell by the rings, it was a good bit older than that.  Nothing short of my chainsaw would cut this wood-and it polished the edges as it went through, the wood's so hard.  I have a few spots nails were in to drill out and fill with dowel rods (not sure what wood yet) and I need to find someone with a bandsaw, as it's 69 3/8x6x2 inches.  Big sucker.  Heavy as all get out too.

Also, I cut some wood that might just be making an appearance in this bow, it or a piece like it...

 

 

 

I need a new blade on the chainsaw so I can rough out some chunks to take somewhere to get cleaned up for riser wood.  I've got some less figured spalted maple cut up already, but I think I want this stuff.  Now I need to find a place with tools I can use... I don't think hand tools alone will cut it here.