2018 Annual Bow Swap Progress Thread

[canopyboy]

Originally posted by skeaterbait:
... but they may just stay that way and I will market it as character.

Lonnie - funny thing, I always market it as character too.

[EvilDogBeast]

Quick form question, would 1/2" beech dowels be sufficient for a rubber band type form?  If not, I have 3/4" ash dowels available to me as well.

[Forwardhandle]

You guys are doing some awsome bows over here wow !

[C. Johnson]

EvilDog, use the 3/4".  Don't ask me how I know.

[Roy from Pa]

Ah come on, Craig.. Gotta be a story there. LOL

[EvilDogBeast]

Originally posted by C. Johnson:
EvilDog, use the 3/4".  Don't ask me how I know.

Found 3/4" beech dowels, got those.  Thanks for the help!

[monterey]

I use 3/8 or 7/16 oak dowels with no problems.

OK Victim...  Your bow is shipped and on the way...  I hope that you Dig It and find good use for it...

[BMorv]

Shredd, quit making us (me) look bad, both in your promptness and quality of your work.

[jdeitz10]

These are all looking awesome! Great job everyone! I am going to need to add some accents to my green glass to fancify it a bit. All of your veneers are making me wish I went clear glass.

Originally posted by BMorv:
Shredd, quit making us (me) look bad, both in your promptness and quality of your work.

Hey Morv...  Good things take time...      

[C. Johnson]

Originally posted by Roy from Pa:
Ah come on, Craig.. Gotta be a story there. LOL

Yeah....  I used to use surgical tubing when I used rubber band type forms.  I was laying up a bow and pulling the tubing tight, broke one of the 3/8" maple dowels I was using on the form and managed to punch myself in the face.

I got a nice shiner out of the deal.  No one believed me as to how it happened, so I just started telling everyone that my wife beats me....    

[TradBowyer]

ok so the most exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions but I noticed it's a lefty and I haven't looked through everyone recently but the last time I looked I was the only one....just saying. oh and jealousy will get you no where.

[skeaterbait]

I'm a lefty     , but shoot a bow right handed.

[soy]

im rh...just saying  

[BMorv]

I’m the same as skeater, lefty but shoot a right handed bow since that’s my dominant eye.  But I can shoot a lefty, so if tradbowyer has to forfeit his bow since he tried too hard to figure out who was making him a bow, I’ll be happy to take it    

[C. Johnson]

Made some more progress.

[C. Johnson]

[C. Johnson]

Grip and tip overlays glued up.  I use Smooth On for this, so I'll get back after it tomorrow.

[4 point]

Wow Craig, I like that!