Del's First BBY

[RyanY]

Very nice as always Del. Thanks for sharing your inlay methods. I've been considering trying one on one of my bows.

[vinemaplebows]

Very ni :)ce!

[Del the cat]

@JW- I'll be buyin' you a sack full of lottery tickets.
I'm PM ing you the tea specification, and BTW you forgot the toast... gotta have toast  

And if I win the lottery I'll come over there and do that road trip and build a log cabin up in the cascades (so there'll be somewhere to stay while cuttin' Yew )
Del

[SLIMBOB]

Nice all the way around Del.  Classic.

[Del the cat]

Very nice bow Del. I'm curious--it looks like the grain pattern in your plug follows exactly the pattern in the limb??
Eric

Hi, yes, I try to get the end grain of the plug running the length of the bow. I feel it may be stronger that way, and I think it looks better.
Del

[Dane]

Tardy as always and late for the party. Stunning bow, clean and lovely as all your work is. I adopted your CD trick (in this case, Blade Runner, the Final Cut DVD) to view the arc of circle on the screen. Can I be you when I grow up?

Dane

[Bryce]

I was del the cat for holloween:)

[k-hat]

If ever I hit the lottery, Del, I am heading to Oregon to harvest a shipping container load of yew to send you.  Then when it has all cured a bit and arrived on your lovely little island, I am flying over to become your adoring and worshipful apprentice.  I promise to be up an hour before you so I can get the shop warmed up and your tea brewed to your exact specifications.  At the end of the day I will stay late to sweep up, put everything in order, sharpen and oil all your tools.  Heck, I will sleep on a pile of shavings in the corner with a burlap bag for a blanket.  I will hide in the closet if friends drop by, in order to save your reputation.  All this in hopes that some day I will learn enough from you that maybe I have a chance of turning out an ELB half as good as your stuff.   

But I don't want you to think I'm sucking up to you or nothing.   

Yup, my thoughts as well!  We'll split the airfare and i'll hide in the overhead compartment

Superbly done as always del.  Love everything about it!

[Del the cat]

Beautiful bend, great fit on the tips, classy handle wrap and sweet inlaid arrow pass. Tough to not fall in love with that bow. So, how did you handle the boo? Did you remove the rind or leave it? What did you do at the nodes?

I asked the guys on here!
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,36419.msg479494.html#msg479494
Got some great advice which I followed!
Del

[Del the cat]

Ok, right.
I lightly filed the ridge off the nodes (including some light use of a round needle file to clean up the slight groove by the lip), leaving the main smooth swell of the node.
I scraped carefully with a cabinet scraper until the rind was gone (it's pretty obvious as you go through the rind) then 120 and 240 grit wet & dry paper, with Danish oil to finish.
The actual Boo was taken down with a freshly sharpened plane aiming for about 1/8 at the grip 1/16 at the ends and then cleaned up on the belt sander.
On the finished bow the edges are well chamfered  to blend in.
BTW I've narrowed that last 7" of the tips today as they looked a bit fat and I was slightly dissapointed that it was the same speed as all my other 50# bows, I'd been hoping for a bit more!
Del

[HoBow]

Beautiful job Del! 

[Arrowind]

AWESOME!

[JW_Halverson]

BTW I've narrowed that last 7" of the tips today as they looked a bit fat and I was slightly dissapointed that it was the same speed as all my other 50# bows, I'd been hoping for a bit more!
Del

In other words, yew don't need no stinking bamboo!