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Offline DC

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Re: bent Osage tips
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2016, 04:18:09 pm »
The U bolts are electrical items aren't they :D :D

Offline Red Tailed Hawk

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« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2016, 04:21:46 pm »
They can be. Covering aspects of all trades👍

Offline Ghost308

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Re: bent Osage tips
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2016, 05:12:53 pm »
it's kinda funny to see what you guys come up with to make the perfect bend in your tips, some of your ideas are pretty clever, but I can't see Primitive Man ever doing anything like any of them. I steam bend my tips then stick them between the slats of a wooden chair and pull, remember KISS

Offline DC

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« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2016, 06:30:21 pm »
We're trying to improve on primitive man. ;D ;D Don't imagine he had a slatted chair either >:D >:D There's a world of difference between functional and functional that gets ohhhhs and ahhhs. ;)

Offline bradsmith2010

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« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2016, 06:47:26 pm »
i like to keep it simple,, but my hat is off the ones that make it simple,, :)

Offline Springbuck

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« Reply #20 on: March 01, 2016, 03:59:23 pm »
  Ha HA!, Redtail, I have some of the same general design, except they are little kid's bicycle wheels (6", 8" and 12" across) and I boiled oak slats that bend around them all the way to pad the limb being bent.  Yours are better, but I haven't been able to find any pipe like that where I can steal it.  I occasionally see fiberglass or plastic stuff, but I want to be able to use heat.

 I also found a small wire spool and screwed and glued the flat rounds on the ends into a form and drilled holes all along for the clamps to sit.