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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #30 on: March 23, 2011, 06:54:04 pm »
Like the brick walls Elktracker. Real 'Man Cave' feel.

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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #31 on: March 23, 2011, 07:04:41 pm »
Quote from: Bevan R. on March 23, 2011, 06:54:04 pm
Like the brick walls Elktracker. Real 'Man Cave' feel.

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Ya ill get more pics there are chains mortered into the wall and a bunch of scarry stuff carved into them :o It is my friends basement he wouldnt go down there before I moved my stuff in ;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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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #32 on: March 23, 2011, 07:11:13 pm »
this is it, organized chaosmost of the time, heck I can just barely get far enough away to take a pic on the tree ;D
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Offline Elktracker

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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #33 on: March 23, 2011, 07:17:42 pm »
Dont you just love haveing plenty of room to store all you stuff ;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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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #34 on: March 23, 2011, 07:55:09 pm »
yeah my wife said it was getting a little creepy with all the tendons hangin, so I moved them up so they didn't rub her hair when she walked by ;D
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #35 on: March 23, 2011, 10:37:02 pm »
Tiller tree



Cabinet where I neatly compact all my tools and various other bow related things opposite the tiller tree,... the 7 foot tiller tree that is right in the middle of the living room when I use it, ...  ;D







This is my work porch. I couldn't rasp or really work at all on a bow without the beam to lay the opposite limb I am working on to keep the bow still as rasp/file. I wrapped a towel around it so it doesn't mess up the limb.







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 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #36 on: March 23, 2011, 10:56:17 pm »
It's small, but it works.  I do everthing from floor tiller to finish down in my basement.  Bandsaw, and roughing all outside.  And wood and shafting is scattered anywhere I can keep it dry and safe.  The closet in the backround houses all other materials.  Someday I'll have a real shop. ;)
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #37 on: March 23, 2011, 11:29:33 pm »
Looks like you got you one of those nice pulley tiller trees Rick, I need me one of those. So you just nail that tiller tree board to a stud in the wall?
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #38 on: March 23, 2011, 11:53:52 pm »
Hey Josh,
    That's one heck of a bandsaw you got there.  Looks like one of those old solid ones.  I bet that thing is as smooth as butter.
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Offline Rick Wallace

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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #39 on: March 24, 2011, 12:55:34 am »
heres mine

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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #40 on: March 24, 2011, 01:01:42 am »
back porch for me..
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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #41 on: March 24, 2011, 01:07:45 am »
that is a peice of osage i found workin in tishomingo ,it had been struck by lightening"pre heat treated"  ;D
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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #42 on: March 24, 2011, 01:08:28 am »
One Theme I've noticed is, the Retired guys have the time and money to have nice, organized, clean  shops. ;D
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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #43 on: March 24, 2011, 08:43:59 am »
Quote from: toomanyknots on March 23, 2011, 11:29:33 pm
Looks like you got you one of those nice pulley tiller trees Rick, I need me one of those. So you just nail that tiller tree board to a stud in the wall?
It's just a piece of 5/4x4 poplar painted white.  That I screwed into a stud in the wall (finished basement).  Then a small pulley at bottom.  I cut two pieces of 3/4" plywood to cradle the bow. The distance between the two is about the width of my hand.  Then just mark down the tree for the draw lengths.  Keeping in mind it will be a bit different depending on the handle style of the bow you are building.
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Offline Rick Wallace

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Re: Lets see where you build them bows!
« Reply #44 on: March 24, 2011, 05:25:40 pm »
Quote from: gmc on March 22, 2011, 10:49:52 pm


Sorry for the mess guys. Normally my wife sweeps up after me.




Alright, having a little fun there. This is closer to reality in my workspace.....



Can't leave out the raw material rack...
Where is this shop?  We need to sneek in and dump some sawdust on the floor!!  C'MOME MAN,DIRTY THAT PLACE UP,,,!!!! ;D ;D




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