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Offline bowmo

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Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow (done)
« on: May 30, 2015, 03:39:55 pm »
Made a whole bunch from boards and bamboo and a few from white wood staves but somehow never from osage.

Glued up the deflex splice the other day and just tamed the profile and tip alignment with dry heat on my adjustable caul.

More to come later...

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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2015, 07:25:27 pm »
Neat caul- What's that in the background? Looks like an old mustang to me...
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2015, 08:19:40 pm »
looking good so far.
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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2015, 08:35:22 pm »
Thanks guys.

The caul is nice in that you can accommodate different profile shapes and amounts of reflex.

And that's a keen eye JacksonCash. She a 65' I bought when I was 14. She use to be my everyday, non-winter, driver but then gas stopped being a dollar a gallon...  ::)
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2015, 09:39:59 pm »
Nice caul.  I'm looking forward to seeing that bow finished up.
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Offline bowmo

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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2015, 09:50:47 pm »
The caul is awesome but didn't come about as a plan. It started out as just the part on the right which worked great for reflexing and recurving, but I soon realized not being able to get your tip alignment and reflex at once sucks. I am NOT a fan of heating wood more than 3 times. Anyway, after whipping up a counter part to the first caul I realized how I could adjust it like this for different profile shapes. Very handy.
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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2015, 01:59:49 am »
You're gonna like it! One of my favourite bows to make r/d osage....ummmm  8)
I thought it looked like a shopping cart.... ;)
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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2015, 09:13:33 am »
Trying to copy me  :P ...lol.  :laugh: the one I made at Marshall I lowered the weight and its gonna be my oldests new bow as he needs one. How much starting setback is that setup giving you? Hard to tell but I like a teeny bit more.
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Offline bowmo

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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2015, 12:53:55 pm »
Copy...nah this one is gona look good...  :laugh:

I tease I tease. Your's looked awesome.

Yea, not a lot of set back for this one, I haven't flipped the tips yet though. But, I've been playing with different amounts of reflex and deflex for a while now. That bbo I had with me at Marshall doesn't have any tip set back by design. Not a super speed demon that way but very quiet and easy to hit what your looking at.
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Offline Blackcoyote

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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2015, 08:17:35 pm »
Yeah yeah caul and junk...now back to the important stuff, what's the old pony got for a motor?  ;D
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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2015, 12:39:59 pm »
Haha...the motor is just a 289, but it has a four barrel Holly carb, functional hood scoop, and headers. She's a beast...with no power brakes or power steering...

The bow is coming along. Next up a little thinning and a rawhide backing as it has some thiiiin rings.

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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2015, 12:53:32 pm »
You have a shop in your tree house?
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Offline bowmo

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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2015, 12:57:09 pm »
Duh...I live in a treehouse...
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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2015, 01:01:59 pm »
Id add at least 2-3" more inches of reflex mid limb out, if my opinion means poo to you that is.
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Re: Finally starting a r/d osage stave bow
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2015, 01:04:44 pm »
Yea...I've seen you shoot so now any advice you give is now by the wayside. ::)

She will be a 2" circle hitting beast...
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