Author Topic: 2018 What did you do today? (Read 155941 times)

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #780 on:** May 13, 2018, 06:10:52 AM »

Nice Ritchie..

Forwardhandle · « **Reply #781 on:** May 13, 2018, 06:22:24 AM »

Thanks Roy this is early for you ? Thought I was the only one working in the middle of the night !

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #782 on:** May 13, 2018, 06:41:18 AM »

5 month old puppy has to potty at 4 am just about every morning..

Forwardhandle · « **Reply #783 on:** May 13, 2018, 06:47:43 AM »

My 60 + prostate gets me up at 1:00 am

Eric Krewson · « **Reply #784 on:** May 13, 2018, 09:19:16 AM »

I don't fool with hickory much because I have so much osage. I save the hickory for my beginning bow students. I had a mis-cut hickory stave and decided to trick it out and see what I could get out of it. So far I have flipped the tips and have it about ready for the short string(right limb is still too stiff). I toasted the belly yesterday and am letting it rehydrate for a few days before I proceed.

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #785 on:** May 13, 2018, 09:28:51 AM »

That looks real nice, Eric.

Forwardhandle · « **Reply #786 on:** May 13, 2018, 09:38:06 AM »

Very nice Eric I love toasted hickory it's under rated wood as far as I'm concerned bet it will be peppy !

monterey · « **Reply #787 on:** May 13, 2018, 11:01:31 AM »

Eric, when you toast the belly before final tillering then what is the effect on the the toasted belly by the scraping? Do you have to re-toast?

C. Johnson · « **Reply #788 on:** May 13, 2018, 11:12:01 AM »

Finally got the two kid's bows I've been working on clear coated. Now I just have to make the arrows for them. I turned some nice poplar shafts. Just waiting on the 4" SC fletchings from Sagittarius to arrive.

C. Johnson · « **Reply #789 on:** May 13, 2018, 11:13:13 AM »

The girl's bow.

C. Johnson · « **Reply #790 on:** May 13, 2018, 11:16:43 AM »

Speaking of arrows.....

I feel a little dirty, but I finally broke down and decided to try some carbons. They're the Gold Tip Traditional Only in a 400 spine. 125 grain tips. I did the cresting and custom, lime "better not lose them in the woods" green fletching.

I'm going to try them out today.

Eric Krewson · « **Reply #791 on:** May 13, 2018, 12:19:16 PM »

It has been my experience that one has to do a bit of retillering after toasting, no need to re toast as the scorch goes deeply in the wood.

scrub-buster · « **Reply #792 on:** May 13, 2018, 06:13:47 PM »

I made a bow rack for the auction/raffle table at the Marshall Michigan shoot next week. I made it from a black locust fence rail that my grandpa cut and put up when I was around 4 or 5 years old.

monterey · « **Reply #793 on:** May 13, 2018, 08:38:01 PM »

That's a beauty. It's going to look great on somebody's wall.

kennym · « **Reply #794 on:** May 13, 2018, 09:00:38 PM »

I told Renee I wasn’t gonna build any for a bit, but I started one today....

I’m a bad man....

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #795 on:** May 14, 2018, 06:52:54 AM »

Very nice, Clint.

Forwardhandle · « **Reply #796 on:** May 19, 2018, 08:50:53 AM »

Very cool Clint, Im cleaning up one of those staves I split last week end to send to my buddy in New Mexico he makes awsome native style bows and has a hard time getting hedge & this stave is just about perfect for the shorter native bow !

John Malone · « **Reply #797 on:** May 19, 2018, 09:33:04 PM »

I glued a set of lams together, B Walnut cores and Osage belly. If I can get the boo worked down ill be all set.

scrub-buster · « **Reply #798 on:** May 21, 2018, 01:40:37 PM »

That's a nice looking stave

Forwardhandle · « **Reply #799 on:** May 21, 2018, 01:50:43 PM »

It has a bit of a dog leg to it but gifting it to Brad Smith so he can make a bendy out of it , just about perfect for it , it has some nice natural reflex , I got 2 of them done hopping to get the others done this week end !

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