Author Topic: Clamping dent on back? (Read 12748 times)

DuBois · « **Reply #15 on:** February 16, 2016, 12:21:43 pm »

Quote from: osage outlaw on February 16, 2016, 10:47:14 am

can you go down to the next ring?

No, I got too close to finish thickness and then decided to change the profile.

Josh and AA, I don't think any fibers were broken but??

I am gonna tiller it out some and then decide if I want to sinew it or not.

Aaron H · « **Reply #16 on:** February 16, 2016, 12:40:26 pm »

Quote from: osage outlaw on February 16, 2016, 12:04:21 pm

I've got some of those also Aaaaron, but I'm afraid to use them with a heat gun. Do you have problems with them melting?

No problems, but I'm using some good quality rubber gasket material I got from work

Pappy · « **Reply #17 on:** February 17, 2016, 04:23:15 am »

I get the now and then when doing some heavy tweaking, I usually just burnish them out our lightly scrape if the ring is thick enough and move on.

Pappy

Selfbowman · « **Reply #18 on:** February 17, 2016, 08:22:35 am »

Yes those are a pain. I try just heating them with heat gun and rasing the grain back up if not to bad. That one is pretty deep though. Arvin

Buckeye Guy · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2016, 05:33:32 pm »

I have seen several of those dents that held up just fine when left alone
but they add character that I don't like so well so I try to avoid doing them
I say keep going lets see what happens

bushboy · « **Reply #20 on:** February 17, 2016, 05:49:13 pm »

Not sure what you tried but a wet cloth rag and some. Tin foil and heat gun might work?

crooketarrow · « **Reply #21 on:** February 17, 2016, 11:10:50 pm »

You boys need to smarten up.

For 12 years I quit using heat. I been adding reflex, reflex, reflex, Beening tips all as soon as possable while green.You won't get those cinks when beening tips green.

Little early prep work cutting Green stave's into bow form. Your bows well on its way 4, 5.10 years down the road. when you get to it it's ready. You have a simi bow already cut into form. 1/4 the works you've already done. When you do it to it.

I know lots of people can't wait that long. But if you do you see what you been missing in your bow speed,cast and long jedituy.

Heat changes,damages wood sells. One there damaged there's no repairing them. This is why some woods take heat so much better than other.

Pappy · « **Reply #22 on:** February 18, 2016, 04:36:30 am »

Ya crooketarrow we are a bunch of dummies alright, thanks for pointing that out.

funny I have never seen one of the magnificent bows you build

I would love to see some, also love to see some gnarly Osage that you tweaked and straightened green.

Pappy

paulsemp · « **Reply #23 on:** February 18, 2016, 07:47:14 am »

Thanks for saving me some typing Pappy! What do you do when you go out and cut 20, 30, 40 staves? Hurry up and work them all down? I'd rather have a couple of cracks then have 40 Bows have roughed out clamped laying all over my house.

Pappy · « **Reply #24 on:** February 18, 2016, 08:07:47 am »

Ya we are so dumb I really can't figure out why he bothers to get on this site, must just feel sorry for us and want to help us learn how to really build a good bow instead of the junk we build now.

Sorry for the rant, but man some people.

Pappy

PEARL DRUMS · « **Reply #25 on:** February 18, 2016, 08:14:04 am »

DEAD IS DEAD NO MATTER HOW FAST YOUR ARROW GETS THERE
20 YEARS OF DOING 20 YEARS OF LEARNING 20 YEARS OF TEACHING

Maybe you dummies need to read the above again. Get with it pappy and Pauly.

Aaron H · « **Reply #26 on:** February 18, 2016, 08:33:48 am »

Hahaha

osage outlaw · « **Reply #27 on:** February 18, 2016, 08:35:10 am »

Some guys seem to have all the answers. They never post any pictures of their work to prove it though.

PEARL DRUMS · « **Reply #28 on:** February 18, 2016, 08:38:55 am »

I've seen a few flickers of his work. That's why I'm having fun with this, I take no stock in any of it.

George Tsoukalas · « **Reply #29 on:** February 18, 2016, 09:05:13 am »

I've had that happen. I just ignored it or maybe sanded the area around it it a bit. I guess I should have been worried.

Actually, The Dean uses steam on green wood to do his bending as described in Hunting the Osage Bow. He does have a nice way of putting things though.

Jawge

Primitive Archer