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Offline sleek

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Re: osage recurve
« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2012, 04:25:50 am »
Wow Del, thanks for the link. I love the inventiveness of that fix. One could use that to inlay all kinds of cool stuff, like exotic woods or turquoise even. You know, That gives me an idea...
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Re: osage recurve
« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2012, 05:53:27 pm »
Pulling 40 @28 the splinters were popping where the wrap is on the upper limb. Not quite happy with the tiller in this picture. I am using heat to alter it...

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Offline gstoneberg

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« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2012, 06:11:49 pm »
I don't see anything wrong with the tiller.  The lower limb looks like it has a gentle twist coming off the fade, which is making it a little hard to see the bend, but it doesn't seem to be affecting anything.  If I'm seeing that right, my OCD would make me take it out, but the bow will likely shoot fine the way it is.  I think you have a keeper there.

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Re: osage recurve
« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2012, 06:23:23 pm »
The tiller looks very good to me. It is too close to really tell, but the top might be bending a microscopic hair more that the bottom limb. I can't see nothing wrong with the tiller though really, it looks very even. I would give that bow a good backing, maybe rawhide or even good linen fabric, if you keep having trouble with splinters popping. I can't give a lick of advice on chasing rings, as I couldn't chase a 2" thick ring with a lazer guided draw knife.
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 the part that has too little is increased."

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Re: osage recurve
« Reply #19 on: October 16, 2012, 07:46:00 pm »
Here she is finished...
I thinned down an antler tine allot to get it to bend into shape for the arrow strike plate, I also left the tiller alone.

 












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Offline sharpend60

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Re: osage recurve
« Reply #20 on: October 16, 2012, 07:51:08 pm »
To be honest...

Your tiller looks okay to me too.
That prop twist right out of the bottom fade makes things a bit tricky.

Enjoy the bow for what it is and what you've learned, then move the the next project.
There is always a next project.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: osage recurve
« Reply #21 on: October 16, 2012, 07:51:20 pm »
Beautiful... I like the wrappings,  ;D.
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Re: osage recurve
« Reply #22 on: October 16, 2012, 08:52:23 pm »
Nice job, Sleek. You guys amaze me with all those bumps, knots, and whoop de doos!! ::)
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Re: osage recurve Finished with pics!
« Reply #23 on: October 16, 2012, 10:19:36 pm »
Thanks guys. Toomanyknots, I believe this is a piece I got from you by the way. The wrappings were needed, lucky I was able to make em pretty... Thought about doing a native paint job on them but decided to leave it.

Sharpend, you are deffinatly correct, I have lots of projects... I am building 5 other bows right now...

Lesken, those knots and such were no challenge, that was easy, but something new to me was trying to make the belly curve and match the backs curves and such, I think I did ok, but will try againg to do better on the next.

At first I was dissapointed with its speed ( dont know for sure my battery is dead in my chrono ) untill the bow showed me a speed deamon is not needed for power. I missed my target while shooting it and hit my cherry picker square on behind it. It had such an impact even at 25 yards, the field tip flattened the tip a good bit, split the arrow shaft almost 1/3 the way up, and it caused the end of the arrow head that fits into the shaft to split in several spots and role up, like a  gun barell when the barell is clogged and fired. Lots of power...
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Re: osage recurve Finished with pics!
« Reply #24 on: October 16, 2012, 10:36:56 pm »
Quote from: sleek on October 16, 2012, 10:19:36 pm
Thanks guys. Toomanyknots, I believe this is a piece I got from you by the way.

Oh poop, no wonder why it was giving you so much trouble, it was one of my sorry piece of crap staves!  ;D You sure did a dang fine job with it!
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Re: osage recurve Finished with pics!
« Reply #25 on: October 16, 2012, 11:26:57 pm »
Now I didnt mean it that way, Im sure a more capable bowyer could have done just fine with it. I'm happy to have what I got from you, and everything I got is just as you described, thanks.
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Re: osage recurve Finished with pics!
« Reply #26 on: October 17, 2012, 12:46:57 am »
Quote from: sleek on October 16, 2012, 11:26:57 pm
Now I didnt mean it that way, Im sure a more capable bowyer could have done just fine with it. I'm happy to have what I got from you, and everything I got is just as you described, thanks.

I don't know about about, I know I sent you a couple staves that would be really quite challenging to any bowyer. I think so anyway. And I think you conquered that one right there, better than I could do for sure. Turned out beautiful. Do you have any up close pictures of the nock overlays? What did you use, antler?
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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."

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

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Re: osage recurve Finished with pics!
« Reply #27 on: October 17, 2012, 01:03:35 am »
Both nocks, the rest, and strike plate are all from one white tail antler tine. Here are some pics...





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Re: osage recurve Finished with pics!
« Reply #28 on: October 17, 2012, 05:46:24 am »
This bow was stave 1 in this post. I had to take allot of the reflex out because of the splinters popping, but it still has 1.5 inches of reflex.   

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,33852.msg446336.html#msg446336
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Re: osage recurve Finished with pics!
« Reply #29 on: October 17, 2012, 06:08:24 am »
Congrats on a shooter,nice job. :)
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