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Offline k-hat

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Ahhhh Yeah! Looky what i found!
« on: March 15, 2012, 06:23:00 pm »
Found this old fencepost last year in a thicket just on the edge of our subdivision, figured it'd make good firewood at the time.  It was tooo stinkin hard to cut, so I just left it in the garage.

Well, decided it was time to start on a new handle for my wife's spatula i been promisin, so i went and cut an end off to see if it would do . . .





Tain't no firewood there I tell ya!!!!!  Figure i've got a couple billets worth in there i can make a 60" bow from.  That sucker's gotta be 50+ years old. 
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Ahhhh Yeah! Looky what i found!
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2012, 06:33:15 pm »
Go find another so you know you have enough for a bow. That bugger is pretty narrow to get a split from. 
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Re: Ahhhh Yeah! Looky what i found!
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2012, 06:41:08 pm »
I'll go give another look where i found it, i'm sure there's more lying around.  However, that cut end is the narrow end, the other is about 4x the cross section, so i figure i might can get it using the narrow end for the tips.  I'll know once i get into it. 

Either way, i'll go look again, if i don't need two for one, maybe i'll have two for two :laugh:  Thanks PD.

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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Ahhhh Yeah! Looky what i found!
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2012, 06:43:03 pm »
I would bet that there are more just like it close by. Even if you can get a bow from one post, raw material gathering NEVER ends buddy!
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Re: Ahhhh Yeah! Looky what i found!
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2012, 06:45:58 pm »
Right! I'm just beginning to realize that.  I've got so much wood, logs, staves, and scraps around that my wife is resembling a bobble head from shaking her head at me all the time >:D
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« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2012, 06:46:43 pm »
Keep collecting......you will need it. Just build more racks and stands to organize it.
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Re: Ahhhh Yeah! Looky what i found!
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2012, 08:12:52 pm »
Racks are definitely on my to-do list for the summer.

Meanwhile, i couldn't wait and went in the garage and cleaned up the post a little, found this . . . ouch :o



My drawknife is not happy with me.  Turned out it was just the tip of a nail that had broken off in there.   Here is what lies beneath all the deadwood:





Sorry for the poor pic quality.  The large end is about 2.5" across, the small end is about 1.75".  MAYBE i can split it down the middle for sister billets, but i don't know.     :-\   Think I'll go for a walk in a bit n see what i  can find.

If I did split it, should i use the band saw and try to follow the grain? 
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Offline Will H

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Re: Ahhhh Yeah! Looky what i found!
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2012, 08:38:06 pm »
Awesome find! I've worked some fenceposts like that before. Even won BOM with a bow from one. On that bow I just split it with wedges used the top and belly split to make a sweet shootin bow that took two deer this year :) Looks like you stumbled on some buried gold! Can't wait to see how it turns out for ya! ;)
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Re: Ahhhh Yeah! Looky what i found!
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2012, 09:38:20 pm »
"Ahhhh Yeah!  Looky what i found!

...this old fencepost..."

Gotta add that to things only a bowyer would say.
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Re: Ahhhh Yeah! Looky what i found!
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2012, 11:14:55 pm »
That's for sure.  Reminds me of a post round here a while back that started . . ."you know you're a bowyer when . . ."  All kinds of funny but true stuff ;D
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Re: Ahhhh Yeah! Looky what i found!
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2012, 11:21:38 pm »
BTW, i was way too excited about this one, so i went ahead and chased a couple rings down the back  to see what i have.  Gonna do one more ring and call her done before i start drawing in profile, cutting, and splicing (may need to recruit some help for that!).  if it works out, she's gonna have a sweeeeeeeeet profile!  Should be able to get 64" out of it, plenty for 28" draw, even with a stiff handle  ;D   This may be the fastest bow i've ever done.  We'll see ;)
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