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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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"Elm Hall", the PA community bow
« on: August 21, 2013, 07:22:19 pm »
This bow started out as a walking stick blank my son Jake aand I had cut. I deemed it to big for a stick at 2" round. So at the last minute as Im packing the truck to go to the Elm Hall shoot, I decide to split it in half quickly on my bandsaw that sat right next to me. I grabbed a few rasps and a scraper and headed out. Chris (Boardhawk), Paulsemp (Tin knocker), Pappy ( Pappy), and I tore into it from time to time. Greg (Badly Bent) wanted to scrape a hinge into it, we stopped him just in time... ;D. The blank was left along side a lawn chair and tools, so anybody in the mood could grab it and continue on from whatever point it was at. In the end it was a well tillered, hard shooting little bow. I brougt it home and tempered it. I also gussied it up a bit. Its 51" long, 47 @ 25" and made from American elm I cut from the backyard, it holds about 1" of reflex. The fur around the stain transistion is muskrat hide. My only question is.....who is signing it next? We have to get all our names on it boys!

 
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2013, 07:24:34 pm »
Few more...the full draw pic is poor at best. I might try for a better one tomorrow. Sorry.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2013, 07:28:15 pm »
Here are a few action shots.

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Offline BOWMAN53

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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2013, 07:28:48 pm »
cool bow, i like it
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Offline osage outlaw

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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2013, 07:45:28 pm »
Nice community bow.  Projects like that are awesome.
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Offline bubby

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« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2013, 07:53:59 pm »
that was a heck of an idea, wouldn't work here as I've never met another guy that builds bows in the flesh, i'd get it started, come back work it some more, just end up another bub bow :laugh:
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« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2013, 08:22:00 pm »
Good thing my names not on that  >:D  :laugh:

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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: "Elm Hall", the PA community bow
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2013, 08:45:39 pm »
Truth be told I only took 3 passes with the scraper on it, that was all it took for me to correct what those boys screwed up on it. Then I left em' with instructions on what to do next and went back to my camp. >:D
I like the way you dressed it up Chris, looks real nice. Next year we gotta do that again and I'll get more involved with
the project. 
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Offline Roy

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Re: "Elm Hall", the PA community bow
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2013, 08:46:00 pm »
Very nice...
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Offline paulsemp

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Re: "Elm Hall", the PA community bow
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2013, 08:48:10 pm »
you know it is not fair blaming Greg for that hinge you put in it! If I remember you had to call over pappy to fix your mistake. You know what I have a picture of the exact moment beardhawk called you out on it......
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Offline Badly Bent

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« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2013, 08:53:02 pm »
 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: "Elm Hall", the PA community bow
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2013, 09:41:34 pm »
Quote from: bubby on August 21, 2013, 07:53:59 pm
that was a heck of an idea, wouldn't work here as I've never met another guy that builds bows in the flesh, i'd get it started, come back work it some more, just end up another bub bow :laugh:

Well fix that bub im only a few hours away.
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2013, 09:42:15 pm »
Cool!  That is a great Idea.  Great bow came of it. 
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« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2013, 09:50:38 pm »
SWEEEET!
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Offline TRACY

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« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2013, 10:22:20 pm »
Can't go wrong with that bow and that much experience ganging up on it  8). Who's going to christen that stick with first blood? It would be cool to ship it from person to person who contributed to its making and harvest a deer then ship it on to the next person.

Tracy
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