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Offline turtle

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auction bow (finished)
« on: March 06, 2016, 04:04:29 pm »
Yesterday I was asked to make a bow for a benifit auction to help a man that was diagnosed with cancer. He was a good friend of my stepsons before my stepson passed so there was no way I was gonna refuse. I was asked by a couple of members in the open bow trade to keep my progress posted so I started this thread for it. Bow needs to be done by april 30th. I chased a ring on an osage stave yesterday and roughed out a bow only to find a couple of checks that were hidden. It will still make a nice bow but I decided to reject it for this project. Today I dug deeper into my stash and pulled out this belly split I had been saving for a special occasion.  It's 80in long by 5 1/2in wide by 5 1/2 deep.


I went ahead and took another belly split off and then split the top half to give me three staves to choose from.


I then chose the best looking one and chased a ring. It had a little damage in one spot left by a wedge when it was split the first time. But it all came out with only one ring removed.


I will try to get it layed out tonight so I can rough it to shape tomorrow.
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Offline half eye

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Re: auction bow
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2016, 04:09:17 pm »
That is a very clean looking stave sir....cant wait to see what you have in mind
rich
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Offline hunterbob

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Re: auction bow
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2016, 04:36:01 pm »
Nice looking stave turtle.
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Offline mwosborn

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Re: auction bow
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2016, 05:22:46 pm »
That stave is a keeper.  Looking forward to progress.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: auction bow
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2016, 06:31:28 pm »
3 very nice staves
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Offline turtle

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Re: auction bow
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2016, 05:22:41 pm »
Roughed it out today and got the limbs bending a few inches on the floorSo far its 68" long 4" handle 2" fades 1 1/2" wide first 4" then straight taper to 1/2" tips. I left handle full width for now.


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Offline half eye

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Re: auction bow
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2016, 05:52:04 pm »
Man Steve, that is looking good. I'm curious if you are going to leave the small amount of character in it? or do you cook 'em on a caul so they are flat and straight? Aint none of my business just wanted to comment on how nice both the profiles are with some "wiggle".
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Offline turtle

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Re: auction bow
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2016, 07:15:49 pm »
Quote from: half eye on March 07, 2016, 05:52:04 pm
Man Steve, that is looking good. I'm curious if you are going to leave the small amount of character in it? or do you cook 'em on a caul so they are flat and straight? Aint none of my business just wanted to comment on how nice both the profiles are with some "wiggle".
rich

I rarely straighten side to side exept for string alignment.  So far alignment looks almost dead nuts so by leaving the handle wide for now I dont think any lateral adjustment will be need. I will put it on a caul though to remove some twist and add a little reflex. In the past I have had people unfamiliar with wooden bows be skeptical about twist and uneven side profiles. So since this will be auctioned off to who knows who I will try to eliminate what I think might cause skepticism. I dont think the front profile has enough wiggle to cause much skepticism so I will leave it. Might even look good with some skins on it.
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Offline half eye

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Re: auction bow
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2016, 07:24:31 pm »
You are absolutely right about considering the end user.....Guess I got carried away with the looks of it as is......but you got to deal with the carbon fiber dudes for sure......ignore my ignorant question.

I still say good on ya for making the bow, sir
rich
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: auction bow
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2016, 02:00:41 am »
Coming along nicely.
That's inside your new shop I presume, looks good  :)
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Re: auction bow
« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2016, 06:38:39 am »
That will be a special bow Steve. 
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: auction bow
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2016, 06:42:44 am »
Very clean
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Offline Selfbowman

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Re: auction bow
« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2016, 10:49:06 am »
Looking good . Arvin
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Offline turtle

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Re: auction bow
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2016, 04:02:56 pm »
Put it on the caul this morning. Took out the twist and added a little reflex.


This afternoon I got it worked out to low brace. Apparently when I took out the twist it changed my string alignment. The string barely catches the edge of the full width handle so it looks like I'm gonna hafta tweak one limb a little. Will try to do that tomorrow and maybe get it out to full brace.
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Re: auction bow
« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2016, 05:07:49 pm »
Coming along nice Steve. Looks good
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