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Offline Pappy

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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #15 on: December 14, 2007, 06:01:03 am »
Work on bows,cut bow wood and hunt.Small list O ya make up some more arrows. :)
I seem to do better without a list and just do what I feel like at the time.I do need
to finish my Christmas trade. :)
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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #16 on: December 14, 2007, 06:18:00 am »
Pappy you left out cooking, Greg's gonna be disappointed ;)
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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #17 on: December 14, 2007, 08:14:40 am »
Quote from: DanaM on December 13, 2007, 07:21:43 pm
Dane ya left ou the the Yooper bow :(

Bob you lucky dog!


Dana, you are right! The maple Yooper bow, and an elm bow from a stave Jamie graciously gifted me with this last May.

I may wait until spring or summer to get to work on those two. The staves are both premo, so I want to take my time and be in the right state of mind when I begin those.

Kind of thinking I want to try a Holmie with the elm stave, not sure with the stave you gave me yet. Recurved maybe? All I know for sure now is that I want to keep the maple natural colored, no staining.

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Offline DanaM

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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #18 on: December 14, 2007, 08:46:25 am »
If ya want to be in the right state of mind on the Yooper stave, drink a six pack first ;) ;D
and say Holy Wuh Eh a bunch of times while workin on it ;D
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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #19 on: December 14, 2007, 08:51:46 am »
Try and hunt with a hornbeam bow I just finished...hopefully get a shot opportunity.
Finish a second hornbeam bow that is about to brace at this point, may recurve the tips on that one.
Start working on staves for the Tn. Classic...laying out the bows, roughing them in with bandsaw, reflexing in readiness to tiller.
Make a bunch of bow strings for the Tn. Classic...
Already have made a bunch of bow-stringers for the Tn. Classic...
Enjoy Christmas Holidays... ;) :)
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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #20 on: December 14, 2007, 09:04:48 am »
Glad you are back Greg.Ya I had forgot about the Classic staves,well better get at it.Lots to do. ;D
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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #21 on: December 14, 2007, 09:39:52 am »
Make primitive gear. Eat ,drink, be merry. Make lots more primitive gear eat , drink and be merry. And repeat.
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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #22 on: December 14, 2007, 12:08:22 pm »
I like you thinking nugget.That sounds like a plan. :) :)
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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #23 on: December 14, 2007, 07:18:30 pm »

I've got a snakey chokecherry stave that I just started as well as some interesting hawthorne staves...
trying some new stuff this winter...

more to come :D ;D ::)
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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #24 on: December 15, 2007, 10:33:05 am »
Winter to do List:

1.Finish Christmas Trade Gift.
2.Talk Dana out of some of that sinew.
3.Learn how to make some kind of arrows.
4.Finish up 2 board bows in process as gifts for my son and nephew.
5.Buy some Dacron and learn how to make strings.
6.Buy a 10' 2x12 and make the easy shaving horse from plans i got on the forum.
7.Get some Knapping tools so i can start making a mess of some rocks.
8.Make a good roach belly belt knife and sheath or just buy one from Dean Hazuka.. ;D i like that idea better.
9.Learn how to identify trees and get some staves drying.
10.Enjoy every day, be thankful for all that i have, take a deep breath before i get mad and enjoy the coming holidays.

its a abitious list but i guess we need to be optimistic.. :)

Bishop


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Offline Otoe Bow

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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #25 on: December 15, 2007, 08:37:05 pm »

1.  Finish my Christmas trade gift
2.  Finish a bow, one, bow, any bow   ::)
3.  Learn to knap, make a few points.  (Hopefully my hints on the refrigerator door were taken seriously by my family SarahAnne).
4.  Make a few primitive arrows
5.  Harvest a piece of Osage before I loose the lease on the property Dec 31st.
6.  Tie lots of flies
7.  Fix door on bedroom closet (Sorry guys my wife was looking over my shoulder just then)
8.  Deer season has been a bust so far so get ready for spring Turkey season
9.  Make some trade points from bandsaw steel I'm getting
10. Take some time off, line off some honey-do's from my list (necessary before I do any of the others)

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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #26 on: December 15, 2007, 08:41:36 pm »
Sounds like ya got yer priorities straight there Mike, hehe ;D.
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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #27 on: December 16, 2007, 12:26:12 am »
You got it Paul.  Of course I have to start at 10 and work my way to 1.

I have another to add to my list. 

We dodged the snow today that the weathermen predicted.  Yea!!  :D.  I got all the limbs that came down with the ice cut up and piled off to the side ready to haul off.  I'm going to wait until the ice melts off of them so I'm not hauling six tons of ice and 1000 pounds of limbs.   :P.  I did get to walk my pasture fences today and take the Lab and Springer for a romp as I checked for additional fence damage. 

So heres another:
As I approached my pond, over 30 Mallards and Gadwalls took flight. 

11.  Take shotgun and make meat for Jambalaya.  Mmmmmmmmm   :)  I think I start on this one tomorrow. 

Otoe

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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #28 on: December 16, 2007, 01:18:26 am »
Wow! I'm in a good crowd, I can see you guys stay busy. Good luck in your future winter projects. I noticed a couple references to building hot boxes. How quick will one of these drop moisture in a stave if it is reduced. Thanks for any advice in advance. Glenn.
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Winter Projects
« Reply #29 on: December 16, 2007, 07:33:27 am »
Glenn it depends on how hot and the humidity in the box, I keep a thermometer and a humidity gauge in mine
I try to keep the humidity at 25 to 35% and monitor the wieght loss of the stave with a scale, when it stops
losing wieght your good to go.
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