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Offline PatM

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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2014, 11:13:54 am »
Quote from: ohma2 on March 08, 2014, 11:10:14 am
I remember seeing your brush nocks for the first time years ago  you are the master I have a grumley and his don't compare to yours.im enjoying this.
There are Grumley fans that will hunt you down for saying that. lol.
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Offline 4est Trekker

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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #16 on: March 08, 2014, 11:31:37 am »
Quote from: PatM on March 08, 2014, 11:13:54 am
Quote from: ohma2 on March 08, 2014, 11:10:14 am
I remember seeing your brush nocks for the first time years ago  you are the master I have a grumley and his don't compare to yours.im enjoying this.
There are Grumley fans that will hunt you down for saying that. lol.

Agreed!  Nels Grumley was a master bowyer who I would have loved to meet.  His ability to accurately and consistently produce osage bows of the caliber and complexity he did never ceases to amaze me.
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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2014, 09:51:10 pm »
Step 10: Gluing Up Riser Blocks
This three-lamination piece will form the elevated "riser" section of the brush nocks




Step 11: Profiling the Riser Blocks (Which I Screwed Up!)
I use a drum sander on my drill press to put a concave hollow on the end of the riser block that will eventually face away from the bow tip.  I also taper the block slightly, although I treated the wrong end of the block which made me glue it on with the taper going the wrong way in the next step.  Oh well, that's why I leave plenty of extra material.  It'll be fine in the end.




Step 12: Gluing On the Riser Blocks
This step is nothing special, although I'm careful to line up the end of the riser block with the edge of the flatted portion of the tip to make it super easy to blend the two together later on.  You can see the slight concave radius to the front of the riser block and how the taper is actually going the wrong way.  It will still work because I have just enough height left to work with.




Step 13: Rough Shaping the Riser Blocks
I use a band saw and disc sander to get the profile of the tips roughed in and trued up.




Step 14: Blending In the Riser Blocks
Using a few round files, sandpaper, and a pocket knife for a scraper, I blend the riser blocks into the rest of the limb.




Just a few more steps left!  :)
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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #18 on: March 08, 2014, 11:10:56 pm »
man that is just downright perty
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2014, 01:02:48 pm »
Looking forward to seeing these all shaped up.  Some pretty wood there. 
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2014, 01:20:14 pm »
Quote from: killir duck on March 08, 2014, 11:10:56 pm
man that is just downright perty

Yeah it is!
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
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 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2014, 01:22:14 pm »
4est: 
This is a great build-a-long.  Wished I'd have seen this when I made my brush nocks.  On the second picture where you taper sanded the glue surface, it appears to be a backing lam, only on the belly.  Is it just the lighting in the picture fooling me?  Is this an all wood laminated bow? Sure looks nice.  Can't wait to see the rest of the story...  :)
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2014, 02:33:10 pm »
This is an excellent tutorial. Thank you for doing this.
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Offline 4est Trekker

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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2014, 03:05:09 pm »
Quote from: MWirwicki on March 09, 2014, 01:22:14 pm
4est: 
This is a great build-a-long.  Wished I'd have seen this when I made my brush nocks.  On the second picture where you taper sanded the glue surface, it appears to be a backing lam, only on the belly.  Is it just the lighting in the picture fooling me?  Is this an all wood laminated bow? Sure looks nice.  Can't wait to see the rest of the story...  :)

It's all wood in the laminations...padauk and rosewood. 
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #24 on: March 09, 2014, 04:19:44 pm »
Very nice!
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Offline bubby

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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #25 on: March 09, 2014, 05:52:37 pm »
this is going on my to-do list, might make a good trade bow
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Offline arachnid

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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #26 on: March 10, 2014, 06:46:30 am »
4est your the man!
I love your tutorials. I built a pyramid bow following your a tutorial
you posted on trad gang several years ago. Came out really nice.
Keep posting tutorials, It helps a lot.

Dor
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Offline John D

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« Reply #27 on: March 18, 2014, 12:33:02 pm »
Hi 4est,

This has been great; thank you for putting in the time and effort associated with this post.   

Have you got some pics of the few more steps you mentioned?  You left us with a cliffhanger!  :D 

Your work is beautiful and much appreciated.

John D.

Boise
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Offline paoliguy

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« Reply #28 on: March 18, 2014, 01:24:04 pm »
Wow, you are really good at writing tutorials! Let me know when I can buy your book!
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Brush Nocks - A Tutorial
« Reply #29 on: March 18, 2014, 02:01:24 pm »
Definitely watching
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