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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2011, 10:07:54 am »
What a beautiful piece of bow wood!  Can't wait to see how it comes out.

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Offline Mark Anderson

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2011, 04:19:22 pm »
Great looking stave. Somebody just got lucky!!!
Oh, and static recurve would be great on that one!
Mark
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Offline bubby

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2011, 09:32:06 pm »
I say build something that you would love to shoot, and whoever gets it will to, and everyone likes curves, Bub
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Offline sailordad

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #18 on: March 11, 2011, 10:48:14 pm »
Quote from: bubby on March 11, 2011, 09:32:06 pm
I say build something that you would love to shoot, and whoever gets it will to, and everyone likes curves, Bub

bubby, i like the way you think.  ;D
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Offline juniper junkie

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #19 on: March 11, 2011, 11:29:33 pm »
well, I decided to flip the tips some. so here is a pic of where I am at so far. will probably lose 40% or so of the reflex working in the bow, but still should have a good profile.
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Offline Elktracker

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #20 on: March 11, 2011, 11:45:45 pm »
lookin good ;D
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Offline deerhunter97370

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #21 on: March 12, 2011, 03:04:45 am »
nice
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Offline juniper junkie

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #22 on: March 18, 2011, 12:56:52 am »
the bow is coming along nicely. got the long string on it, worked it out to 24" bending really nice, this wood has a lot of resin in it and the bow feels really elastic, should be a good bow. will post more pics after the weekend. holding the reflex really well, hasnt taken any set.
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Offline Pappy

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #23 on: March 18, 2011, 08:24:00 am »
Begining to look like a bow. :)
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Offline Blacktail

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #24 on: March 18, 2011, 11:24:44 pm »
that is a great peice of wood and the work is coming nicely...it will look goovey when done..john
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Offline juniper junkie

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Re: started on your bow today...more pics
« Reply #25 on: March 23, 2011, 01:20:47 am »
I have been working the bow on a long string drawing out to 28", doing fine, took a little set in mid limb area, but I expected it would. I put the short string on today, OMG!! this is still really strong, should have wore a cup!!! finally got the string on and it stretched some. here is the first brace pic, tiller is pretty close. next pic is pulled to about 18". put tip overlays on out of quilted sappelle. will narrow the limbs some to hit my target weight. they are 1 1/2" wide through mid-limb. the bow is 68" long. once I get the weight down some, I will start shooting it in.
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Offline Elktracker

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #26 on: March 23, 2011, 01:25:52 am »
Man you do some great work! lookin good ;D
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my friends think my shops a mess, my wife thinks I have too much bow wood, my neighbors think im redneck white trash and they may all be right on the money!!

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Offline juniper junkie

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #27 on: March 23, 2011, 01:34:08 am »
hmmmm.. looking at the pics, I think maybe the mid-limb area needs to bend more?? whatcha think?
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Offline Elktracker

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #28 on: March 23, 2011, 01:45:28 am »
Man with the reflexed tips I have a hard time telling but im curious to know what others think about the tiller, when I first looked at your new pictures I forgot you fliped the tips and was thinking man thats stiff in the tips untill I scrolled up and saw your other pics ;D I think it looks nice someone is going to be stoked to get that bow I know I would
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my friends think my shops a mess, my wife thinks I have too much bow wood, my neighbors think im redneck white trash and they may all be right on the money!!

Josh Vance  Netarts OR. (Tillamook)

Offline Keenan

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Re: started on your bow today
« Reply #29 on: March 23, 2011, 02:09:48 am »
 Looking really good Dave.I would agree with Elktracker,  With as much reflex that the unbraced profile shows  I think you are bending fairly good mid limb.  It looks straight mid limb, but when you consider how much it had already bent there from relaxed I'd say your fairly close. When can I shoot it? ;D ;D
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