2021 what did you do today?

[Shredd]

   I would suggest the Gizmo or profile jig...  I started with a profile jig so that is what I use...  Plus I make glass bows...  If I made wood bows I would definitely have the gizmo also...  Try both, you may find one is better than the other for certain things...

   Here is something to think about while removing stock...  I don't know about a wood bow but in a glass bow .015" equals to about 5#...  So sometimes I think about limbs in poundage when shaping them...  If you take off .015" in the last third of the limbs and you took off too much you basically just put 40# tips on a 45# limb...  Just another way of looking at it and visualizing it...  Those 40# tips are not gonna act the same and work in harmony with the rest of the limb to give you the best performance...

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[Buemaker]

23. of June, midsummer we was out on the ocean in a boat. On this evening there is bonfires all over.

[Longcruise]

Is that about the solstice?

[Pat B]

That looks like the perfect bend for that draw length. 

[4 point]

Built myself one of those gizmo things tonight. Got the bow I was working on drawn to 30"s but I had to cut another set of nocks to make it 66"s and it lost a bunch of poundage. some how I deleted the bow picks.

[Buemaker]

Yes Cruise, Solstice.

[Eric Krewson]

My first gizmo has a screw to hold the pencil, later a guy suggested drilling a 1/2" hole in middle of the gizmo and knocking a 5/16" nut in the hole then screwing the pencil in the nut. This make the pencil easily adjustable.

First gizmo and the later upgrade of an adjustable pencil holder and a more useful shape. Soft wood is a must for knocking the nut in the hole, walnut and maple are OK, hickory and osage not so much, the wood will split;

[Roy from Pa]

 

Fancy gizmo, Travis:)

Glad ya got the bow to 30"

[4 point]

Thanks for the pointers Eric. I might put a nut in this one if the bolt becomes a hassle. I tapped the hole so I can screw it in and out with my fingers so it isn’t to bad to adjust. I can see how having the nut would make adjustments a lot handier

[kennym]

Purty snazzy  Travis!!

[Roy from Pa]

Well I was the lucky recipient of a dog bite today right on my kneecap.

Dog was the lucky recipient of a good kick in the front of its chest a split second later.

Didn't bother me after that.

3rd time that SOB has bit me.

Told my nephew one more time and he may need to get a shovel.

[Bowjunkie]

       You had it coming I'm sure.

[Roy from Pa]

Nuff outta you junkie:)

[Mad Max]

      You had it coming I'm sure.

X Infinity

[Longcruise]

Bite me once, shame on you.  Bite me twice,  shame on me.  Bite me three times!!!  WTH!!   

[kennym]

Had a bud that was kinda afraid of the dark . Had a deer massacred by something that we found so he was worried. Another bud told him not to worry - one taste of ya and he will lick his rear to get the taste out and run off.

The dog lick his rear? 

[kennym]

Seriously tho , a dog that bites folks for no reason is not good to have around...

[Bowjunkie]

Nope. I've been bit by a variety of critters, too many now that I think about it, but never more than once by any one of them. Either I learned my lesson, or they did.

Today I'm stripping and seasoning my favorite cast iron skillet. Started with a lye bath for a few days scrubbing each day, a vinegar bath today, a little more scrubbing, and then it was bare iron. Now warming in the oven getting ready for the first coat of grapeseed oil.

[Longcruise]

Nope. I've been bit by a variety of critters, too many now that I think about it, but never more than once by any one of them. Either I learned my lesson, or they did.

Today I'm stripping and seasoning my favorite cast iron skillet. Started with a lye bath for a few days scrubbing each day, a vinegar bath today, a little more scrubbing, and then it was bare iron. Now warming in the oven getting ready for the first coat of grapeseed oil.

I might be doing this all wrong, but if I want to re do mine I put it in the oven on the clean cycle.  Removes all the seasoning down to the bare metal.

Grapeseed oil.  Gotta look into that.

[Bowjunkie]

This is my camp skillet and it had some crusty build up and a couple of spots of light surface rust on the outside. I've neglected it a bit lately and wanted to start from scratch and make it look like new. After the soaking treatments it was grey, no black left on it. No seasoning residue, wouldn't even bead water. No rust. No stains. No nothing. Could even see all the original mill marks in the bottom of the pan. First coat of seasoning is done. I'll do another tomorrow.