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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Osage Twin Oaks Bow in Progress
« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2012, 11:58:22 am »
So thats where Gary is escaping the cold! I met his son Steve last Saturday, he seems to be a good man as well!
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Re: Osage Twin Oaks Bow in Progress
« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2012, 12:11:07 pm »
No I wished he was closer,he comes down the week after Christmas to hunt with me,also the Classic/IBO world and usually once more during the year.We always do a lot of bow work when he is in. Ya Steve is a great guy also,good selfbow builder as you would expect and hunter. He spent a lot of time with Jon on the last trip,helping on this bow and showing him how he prepairs sinew.  :)
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Re: Osage Twin Oaks Bow in Progress
« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2012, 12:34:49 pm »
Im confused on the handle wedge. What is it doing exactly? I didnt see a before pic so Im lost..........not uncommom!
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« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2012, 12:38:16 pm »
So that's why you Tenn boys make some nice bows.....Cus you got a michigan boy showing ya how >:D.... :laugh:.....looking good Jon....keep it coming :)
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« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2012, 12:42:10 pm »
Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on January 19, 2012, 12:34:49 pm
Im confused on the handle wedge. What is it doing exactly? I didnt see a before pic so Im lost..........not uncommom!

Pearl...if you didn't see the whoopty doo on the one limb coming out of the handle at the fade...it was cut to be able to be heat corrected over the form....you know trying to heat correct those areas tend to go craaaaaack.  ;)
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Re: Osage Twin Oaks Bow in Progress
« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2012, 12:53:40 pm »
What blackhawk said,you can control the crack if you cut the wedge and get the hump in the handle flat. I have sometimes just left it their and tiller around it and I have also tried to bend it out and cracked it right up through the handle. This works pretty sweet if you want to start with a flat even back which is what Gary preaches. I tend not to worry as much about it. :) It is easier to tiller one that is flat with no humps and he is usually working with beginners,that is why he wants them flat/longer than most and a little over built,less room for error or chance of breaking. :)
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Re: Osage Twin Oaks Bow in Progress
« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2012, 12:54:27 pm »
Ahhhhhhhh.....makes sense now. Simple and brilliant at the same time. Thats going in my sack o' tricks for certain.
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Re: Osage Twin Oaks Bow in Progress
« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2012, 01:42:28 pm »
I was wondering about the cut out wedge but now it makes perfect sense. This old dog just learned a new trick!  ;D
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Re: Osage Twin Oaks Bow in Progress
« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2012, 01:48:40 pm »
Kind of makes me want to find a stave that needs that done so I can try it. :o
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Re: Osage Twin Oaks Bow in Progress
« Reply #24 on: January 19, 2012, 02:08:33 pm »
My Twisted Sisters bow would have been a perfect canidate for that trick. I left it alone and made the bow as is.
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Re: Osage Twin Oaks Bow in Progress
« Reply #25 on: January 27, 2012, 05:41:17 pm »
Here’s what the wedge looks like sanded down now.

Thanks for looking.











And working the tips.


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Re: Osage Twin Oaks Bow in Progress
« Reply #26 on: January 27, 2012, 06:33:11 pm »
You should drill a couple of holes and fill them with dark filler. Make something like this

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Re: Osage Twin Oaks Bow in Progress
« Reply #27 on: January 27, 2012, 08:48:03 pm »
Gary says to maximize the potential of any wood, try to get it as straight as possible.  Not to mention it makes it a lot easier to tiller.   :)

That's what we were working towards on this particular bow. 
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