A central KY mini bowyer get together

[hedgeapple]

I have a Porter/Cable bandsaw with 6" throat.  I' believe it's 1 1/2 hp.  I have a 36" belt sander.  Oh, I might get a bow finished this weekend.  l have 4 in various stages of completion.  My biggest desire is to work on the hhb while you're here.

[blackhawk]

Ok..if ya didn't id gladly bring mine down...as long as I can cut out front profiles n belly meat off staves ill b aok ....ill bring my stave press as well for running rings as long as you got a spot we can clamp it too....no better vice than that out there for running rings and heavy torque work

[osage outlaw]

Less than a week to go.  I need to start getting stuff ready.

[hedgeapple]

I just checked the weather for the gathering weekend.  It looks nice, ZERO chance of percipitation, highs mid-40's lows in the 30's.  I call that a good forecast.  Anyone sleeping in a tent might need to bring a warm sleeping bag, but I've camped in much colder weather.  If it's a bit to friggid for you, I can find a place indoors for you.  There's a twin bed in my office (a man needs a place to knap in the his man cave, doesn't he.), a comfy futon couch and chair in the livingroom.  My camper could sleep 2 pretty easily.  I put an electric heater in it.  And, there'll be plenty of floor space.

[hedgeapple]

Less than a week to go.  I need to start getting stuff ready.

So do I haha.  I still need to make some arras.  I got one done.

[Ozzy]

Got my tent ready and air mattress leaks fixed hopefully today and tools tomorrow I'm so excited I can't wait

[TRACY]

Looking to head down for a long day and drive back that night. Plan on bringing knappin stuff and tarp. What else?


Tracy

[hedgeapple]

That's great Tracy, though a longer stay would be awesome.  I was wondering about you stone smasher folks, I hadn't heard much for you guys in a bit.  I want to try chipping a rock.  Like I need another addictions 

[blackhawk]

Less than a week to go.  I need to start getting stuff ready.

So do I haha.  I still need to make some arras.  I got one done.

That's one more than me   

And I broke my last two yesterday...now I got none...

[hedgeapple]

I've only broken one arrow in the 4 years I've been doing this craziness and that was a footed arrow.  The foot broke.  I use bamboo tomato stakes from Lowe's.  Those thing are indistructable.  And pretty forgiving as far as spine is concerned.  They're cheap, also, about $1 a piece.

[osage outlaw]

Same here Dave.  Only broke one bamboo arrow when I hit some roots in a creek bed.  It split the shaft in half before it broke.  I have hit trees dead center and didn't hurt them.  I'll open a few packages of stakes and do a quick spine test in the store.  I'll mix and match a few stakes to get a good batch.  As long as I have the correct number in there when I'm done they don't seem to mind.

[blackhawk]

One was a carbon...n the other was a cane shaft....it happened from shooting a bow in...I dont pay too much attention to accuracy when shooting one in...and they've smacked my railroad tie retaining wall behind my target ten too many times..lol. 

N now it looks like I won't have time to make some new ones up...might have to make some up down there 

[hedgeapple]

Clint, the Lowes around here sale the tomato stakes individually.  So I just stand there and sort through all of them.  I usually bring home 10 to 15.  And there's 5 Lowes store within a thirty minute drive of me.  Whenever I'm near one, I stop by and buy more.

Chris, you make some here.  I find late night is the best time make arrow.  There's no power tools involved to hamper drinking.  And, I'm usually tired of scraping one a bow anyhow.  I have a fletching jig, hot flat steel to flatten nodes and secret little jig to straighten the bamboo.  It used to take me about 2 hours to straight a shaft, now I can do it in about 20 minutes.  And half that time is waiting on section to cool enough so I can hold it to bend another section.  The waiting time is where the beer comes in. 

[blackhawk]

Will do Dave...I already have 3 matched sets already spine matched n straight(cane,shun doo,n something else?) From various trades...just gotta cut self nocks,taper n glue heads,n glue feathers....n I got heads n feathers.... so it shouldn't take too long to whip out a half dozen to get me thru the weekend ....hope the weathers gonna be better than here right now...were getting freezing rain right now...yuck....limbs sagging n falling everywhere

[osage outlaw]

Dave, the walmart here sells them in packs of 10 I think.  Our lowes used to but now they switched to single stakes.