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Author Topic: Compadre Friendship Bow Continued  (Read 4159 times)

Offline Dano

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Re: Compadre Friendship Bow Continued
« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2006, 05:54:00 PM »
Sorry Terry, now that I look again, it does look like it is off-center.  :knothead:    :D
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Offline AZStickman

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Re: Compadre Friendship Bow Continued
« Reply #21 on: December 30, 2006, 06:15:00 PM »
Yeah Mickey I was a bit surprised at how much we gained..... I knew with the limbs being this thin I was gonna move them a bit so I only used two courses of sinew...Sinews pretty amazing stuff.... Nothin to be sorry about Dano.... You've got a good read on her   :D     I had some time a while back and shaped the handle..... I usually wait until I have it off the tree before I do that as I always have trouble getting the bow stable on the tree with the handle shaped..... I took and rasped the handle back to flat so I can get a good seat on the tree.....I also took about 10 light scrapes off the left limb and exercised her a bit..... I got some prep work out of the way for the fussin stage today as well..... I have to get ready for a work Party tonight.... I'll get some pics up in the morning...... Terry
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Offline AZStickman

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Re: Compadre Friendship Bow Continued
« Reply #22 on: December 31, 2006, 11:03:00 AM »
Ok Here's where we are at the start of our second final Tiller session
Unbraced:
 

Braced 4 1/2":
 
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Offline Dano

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Re: Compadre Friendship Bow Continued
« Reply #23 on: December 31, 2006, 11:31:00 AM »
Looks great Terry, I sure love that unbraced profile.
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Re: Compadre Friendship Bow Continued
« Reply #24 on: December 31, 2006, 11:56:00 AM »
Unbraced profile says a lot doesn't it Dano? To once again quote our favorite pharmacist..."Sinew is Magic".
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Offline AZStickman

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Re: Compadre Friendship Bow Continued
« Reply #25 on: January 01, 2007, 11:27:00 AM »
And here's her final tiller showing 45#@26.5"...

 

And the first shot taken at 15 yards:

 

I shot her 30 times with no real shift in tiller..... At a 5 1/2" brace she's showing 6" @ 4" out from the fades on each limb.....

I did a bit of the fussing work (Pics to follow) when the glue dries I'll string her up and leave her for 12 hours or so to sweat her in and then check tiller again....... Terry
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Re: Compadre Friendship Bow Continued
« Reply #26 on: January 01, 2007, 11:34:00 AM »
For the fussin I wanted to give her a bit of an AZ touch..... Here's what I did:
Laying down some masking tape for a template:
 

Trimming to width:
 

Templates cut to width (both are marked to avoid mixing them up):
 

Scribing a design on our templates and cutting it out:

 
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Offline AZStickman

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Re: Compadre Friendship Bow Continued
« Reply #27 on: January 01, 2007, 11:37:00 AM »
Laying templates on the snakeskins:
 

Trimming the snakeskins:
 

And the final pic showing the snakeskins glued to the back with Titebond III:
 
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Offline Dano

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Re: Compadre Friendship Bow Continued
« Reply #28 on: January 01, 2007, 12:32:00 PM »
Lookin good Terry, very unique skin job.
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Re: Compadre Friendship Bow Continued
« Reply #29 on: January 01, 2007, 12:45:00 PM »
Man that looks AWESOME Terry! Very unique skin treatment! Tiller looks great and poundage is right on the mark. Job well done sir!

Ooowwweeee baby...can't wait!    :bigsmyl:      :clapper:
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Offline AZStickman

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Re: Compadre Friendship Bow Continued
« Reply #30 on: January 01, 2007, 01:13:00 PM »
Thank You Guys...... Mickey I'm glad you like the skins I was worried about that.....I have to say I'm pretty impressed with how hard this bow flings an arrow..... I hope it serves you well  Compadre...... Terry
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