A budding bowyers Journey ...Pics..THE FINALE

[Carbon Caster]

Doesn't take much glue at all!

Tear some paper towels in tiny strips and roll them up inot little squares.

Pour some glue onto a plastic sandwich bag.  

Take one of the squares of papertowl and dip it in the glue.

Wipe in one motion over the wood.

You can wipe a time or two if the glue is still wet on the towel, but don't wipe over the same area twice.

After you coat all the Coco with one coat of glue, do it again.

You can put as many coats as you like and I also steel wool between coats or every couple of coats.  

The glue goes a LONG way.  Be sure to use the THIN.  It dries REALLY fast.

BTW be careful where you put the used towels, they can cause a bit of heat as the glue dries on the paper.  I don't know if they could cause a fire, but put them on your workbench until you are sure they are not "hot".

The CA does a good job of filling the pores in wood as well.

[the Ferret]

Originally posted by Carbon Caster:
Tear some paper towels in tiny strips and roll them up into little squares.

 

ROLL them up into squares? LOL (mental picture doing flip flops)

Cool, thanks.

[Carbon Caster]

FOLD them into little squares!!!  LOL!!!

Remember, I am from West Virginia!  That should explain a lot.

A lot of cusom knife builders us this method to finish their handle scales with GREAT success.  Try it on a bow, and I bet you will like it.

[AZStickman]

Great thread Mickey........   :D  Terry

[the Ferret]

Well Shaun went back to work on his bow..lots of scraping

 

and excercising

 

[the Ferret]

The weight came off slowly...very slowly. between a pound and three pounds at a time, but eventually he got it down to just over 50# at his draw length. After final sanding and finishing it should be a dandy. Finally we had a bow

 

[the Ferret]

We took a break for some HDFH, baked beans and coke.

Then there was only one thing left to do

 

The bow shot hard. His groups were a little high left, but we were using an old tillering string and it wouldn't hold a brace height for squat

 

[the Ferret]

In the end I think Shawn was pleased with his new Dryad bow that he made mostly by himself, and the knowledge that he could do it again. Congrats Shawn, it was a pleasure meeting you. You're welcome here anytime you're in Cinti.

   

[BigRonHuntAlot]

      Thanks for the story and pics, Congrats Shawn.

[bayoulongbowman]

This is  another one of those great stories on TG . THIS IS WHY THIS SITE ROCKS!!!!! thanks loved it! Mark#78                          

[ishiwannabe]

Great read! You guys make it look easy...

[Frenchymanny]

     

F-Manny

[Hunter John]

Good job guys,hope to get a blank from Mike over the summer.
What is that contraption to the right of the shop vac? LOL

[vermonster13]

Very cool thread. Thanks for sharing it.

[Lost Arra]

>>We took a break for some HDFH, baked beans and coke. Then there was only one thing left to do<<

Whew! I was scared to see that next photo!   :D

[Shaun]

Good stuff Mickey. What goes around comes around. Looking forward to HDFH at MOJam in July.

[the Ferret]

LOL Bob that's funny....

I think Shawn liked the HDFH..he ate a couple of them. He might not like them so much in the morning hee hee

Nolz a Walkie Talkie is simply a straight edge about 5" long that you run along the belly side of the limb while it is on the tiller tree. The gap between the edge and the belly widens as the limbs bends and narrows where the limb is flat indicating where wood needs to be removed.

Hunter John..I used to shoot those contraptions all the time. When I quit I hung them from the ceiling by their strings. One night there was an awful crash downstairs and we went down to find that red contraption laying on the floor with a broken string. Since then I just prop it in different places ha ha. Good eye.

[John Krause]

Nice gesture, nice story, Mickey. Never expect anything less from ya........

[Sant-Ravenhill]

Very Nice!! Thanks so much for sharing this story!!

[Izzy]

Good deal.Glad you guys had a good time.