2017 Bow Swap

[Mo_coon-catcher]

This afternoon I got my bow roughed out and 90% floor tillered. I just gotta get the middle 12" moving a bit more to be happy. I'm guessing it's bending in the 80# realm right now. I'm gonna leave it in the house until this weekend to dry a bit more then I'll long string it and get it a bit closer to draw weight. I've never worked persimmon and don't know how well it'll take to a D belly. So I want it close to the full drae before I start pulling it from a full brace. I'll get it about 6" shy of weight on the long string so I have room to get it tracking right and not turn itself inside out and minimize the stress.

Kyle

[Krasus]

So quick question everyone regarding shipping and duties. What's specific to your country regarding receiving a package? Anything to know regarding value of said item? That way the recipient dosent have to pay dues to get thier bow.

I know in canada I've never had to pay to receive a bow but not sure if that's cause the shipper said it was a gift..or had a low value attached to it.  When I ship to the USA I usually just go over the boarder and mail it domestic.

[passion for knowledge]

Any info on shipping rules & regs could be useful.

I've had nightmares in the past, shipping stuff.

Shipped a bunch of personal stuff from UK to Canada last year.

3 day service turned into 3 months of battling with shipping company and customs, due to the shipper messing up the paperwork.

I'm a big fan of smooth!

[fujimo]

i know in canda- anything valued at over 20$ stands the chance of being opened and examined- and relevant duties applied.
in theory you can ship between us and canada- using a nafta certificate- makes it duty free' irrespective of value- we do it all the time for our products.

[passion for knowledge]

Some idiot decided that wood turning chisels constituted weapons!

I packed everything in front of them and asked if they thought anything in there could cause a problem.

They said everything was OK.

Then all hell broke loose.

Given the 5 hour time difference and dealing with customer service by phone, I was starting to lose my mind!

[Al Dean]

Canada, Germany, Australia, South Africa, never had a problem shipping other than if damage or disappearance there is no recourse.  You are out the item with no cost recovery.

[Mad Max]

2017 Bow trade bow
Canary and Cocobolo Riser with the same wood Mosaic stripe with Red Phenolic


 

1st stripe is the lower one

 

I cut and glued up the stripe wood

 

[breazyears]

Hoping Mad Max got my name. lol.

[Mad Max]

Your odds are 1 out of 16

[Msturm]

Looks like good stuff guys!  I really want to get in on this next year. I cut some more guava and it is drying so i will have several nice staves to chose from for next years build. Until then I will just be observing your work. Keep it up.


Aloha.

Msturm

[Dan Landis]

Looks like a good combo Max.

[Mad Max]

Thanks Dan

[Roy from Pa]

I guess it's ok...  

[Mad Max]

:p  
   :rolleyes:

[talkingcabbage]

Still thinking about my victim, er, recipient.  Not quite sure what to build.  Guess I'll have to go trolling to see what pops up.

[passion for knowledge]

Got mine on the go.

I'm just going to build the best I can based on what I've done so far. Something I'd be happy with, and hope it doesn't disappoint.

[Krasus]

Gonna start grinding my lams tonight. Hickery lams with a tiger wood veneer under clear glass. Not sure about riser yet but it's gonna be a hill style so i can figure that out later

[Mo_coon-catcher]

I've got a start, but it'll be a lil while before I can finish. It all depends on how my eye heals up and when the doctor old me to lift more than a couple pounds. I've been okayed to move around and go for walks, though that doesn't work with a broken ankle. But I'm guessing it'll be a month or so until I can. But then I'll have another surgery and that'll reset for a bit.

But I've got the persimmon bow shaped out and almost floor tillered. I'm thinking about going a more primal knock design with the tips tapered and a bundle of thread built up to hold the string. And I might file a slight groove about the thread for a little assistance. The string design will be an idea I got from a warbow forum. One loop is a rat tail to adjustability and self tightening. The other will have a small loop where the string passes through itself to form another self tightening loop before the rat tail is hooked on. This makes for a string that tightens down and needs almost no knock to hold it in place but is still easily loosened on lighter bows. I tried ot on the last warbow attempt that was 100# at 25" when it went and it was easily loosened. I can shift gongs if there are any objections to these plans. I figured id might as well show a couple different ways of doing things to spread some ideas.


Kyle

[Dan Landis]

Had a set back on mine.  While sanding my hickory backing strip to final thickness at a friends, his sandpaper on the roll left go and pretty much destroyed my backing strip.  Need to start over on the backing strip.  I thought I'd be tillering mine by now.

[mwosborn]

Originally posted by passion for knowledge:
Got mine on the go.

I'm just going to build the best I can based on what I've done so far. Something I'd be happy with, and hope it doesn't disappoint.

Me too!