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Offline HickoryBill

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I had a good weekend!!
« on: March 06, 2011, 11:47:15 pm »
I have a buddy named Josh that has recently become interested in primitive archery.This weekend I went to his house to help coach him in the ways of bow building. He caught on quick and soon had a nice red oak board well on the way to being his first bow.It's 72 tip to tip,1.5 inches wide fading to 1/2 inch tips. it pulls about 47# @ 26" right now. Got about 2 inches more to tiller for a 28" draw.  I was working on a hickory flatbow in between helping him. We had  great time and I am looking forward to next weekend. I'm gonna help him finish his bow up  and help another guy get one started.

Here we are a' scraping away(I'm wearing the red shirt)


Here are the bows




 Here's the tiller stick Josh made and his bow at 23 inch draw( We got the tiller straightened out)

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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2011, 11:50:30 pm »
Congrats!! It is always fun to share and seems I always learn something as I am teaching.
Looking foward to seeing the finished prods.

Bevan R
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2011, 01:03:40 am »
Thanks. My bow should be finished later this week.
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Offline DEllis

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2011, 01:05:39 am »
Sounds like a fun time.
Scary tiller stick :o Might want to make the next one with fewer grooves spaced a bit further apart. 2 inches works fine, less likely to break out. Just a thought.
Darcy :)
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Offline straightarrow

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2011, 01:16:54 am »
Looks like a fun weekend....Can't wait to get back into it. I'll keep in touch

Jon
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2011, 01:31:59 am »
DEllis:  The tiller stick he made before I got there, and yeah it was scary >:D >:D
straightarrow :  can't wait ;D ;D
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2011, 02:19:15 am »
Way to pass on the infection. I'm doing the same thing with one of my neighbors. Looks like that one is coming along nicely.   Danny
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Offline Pappy

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2011, 11:17:26 am »
We do that a lot,cuts into our bow building time but great fun watching someone else get started,then they can pass it on. Cn't wait to see them finished up. :)
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Offline Parnell

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2011, 12:33:34 pm »
Great job HickoryBill, I've done it a couple times - working with people just starting and it's fun.  I'll be looking for the bows.
Way to go.
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2011, 06:25:22 pm »
Thanks guys. Maybe I can get them to hunt with "real" bows and archery equipment this year! ;) ;)l
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Offline uknowmeaslowry

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2011, 01:47:50 am »
hey everyone im Bills friend Josh that he speaks of here haha
ive really enjoyed learning how to make bows and hope ill get the one im working on now finished this weekend  :D

and by the way the tillering stick broke when i was cutting the grooves not when i was tillering  :P
and yes i learned that i might want to put the grooves further apart
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Offline DEllis

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2011, 03:15:02 am »
Quote from: uknowmeaslowry on March 10, 2011, 01:47:50 am
hey everyone im Bills friend Josh that he speaks of here haha
ive really enjoyed learning how to make bows and hope ill get the one im working on now finished this weekend  :D

and by the way the tillering stick broke when i was cutting the grooves not when i was tillering  :P
and yes i learned that i might want to put the grooves further apart
Welcome to the forum. You are lucky to have someone to help you out that lives close. Can't wat to see what you come up with.
Darcy :)
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2011, 10:44:21 pm »
Well Josh I thought you'd never join the forum! Lol  Hope we have a god weekend. My bow is done, so can help you more. ;D ;D  We got some splitting and cutting to do too!
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Offline uknowmeaslowry

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2011, 02:05:38 am »
oh boy cant wait lol  ::)
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Offline HickoryBill

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Re: I had a good weekend!!
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2011, 08:21:33 pm »
I'm the teacher so you can do most of the work!!   ;D ;D
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