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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #15 on: March 07, 2023, 07:52:02 am »
Turned out well
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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2023, 07:59:49 am »
 Beautiful bow Chris, very nice save !! Pappy
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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2023, 09:12:18 am »
Very nice recovery Chris.  Been a while sense I have seen one of your bows.  Nice to see you’re still at it.  That really turned out great.  Fine job.  I bet it’s gonna shoot like a dream

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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #18 on: March 07, 2023, 05:50:54 pm »
 :) :BB

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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #19 on: March 08, 2023, 09:19:03 am »
Nice, Chris.
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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #20 on: March 08, 2023, 10:17:31 am »
Great save, cant wait to see the next set of limbs
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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #21 on: March 08, 2023, 04:18:56 pm »
Looking good! You should pay more attention to where you get your glue from

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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2023, 01:35:40 am »
My head is kind of exploding here! I’ve seen a bunch of attempts at all wood bows like that and none of them turned out, until now. I’m really impressed!

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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2023, 03:04:09 am »
Great recycling. I'd be  curious to shoot that bow, before and after the procedure, just to see the effects of that modern middle part. 
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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #24 on: March 09, 2023, 01:02:21 pm »
Thanks guys, it was a fun Saturday afternoon project. And it took a little sting away from losing the bow they came from.

simk - the shot is unique. It's hard to feel that the limbs are osage self limbs. It feels more like a typical fiberglass sandwich R/D would. I have a feeling, if they hold together, that my osage/yew/boo limbs are going to really perform. 
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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #25 on: March 09, 2023, 01:06:22 pm »
congrats, nice save,,  (-S

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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #26 on: March 10, 2023, 11:32:46 am »
I have probably 30 sets of belly drops from my selfbows that would make this type of bow . You know what my wood looks like . Pearl you want some?
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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #27 on: March 10, 2023, 11:53:45 am »
I'd love that, Arvy. I need at least 32" pieces to get ample length limbs for my draw. Thanks for asking.
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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #28 on: March 10, 2023, 09:06:54 pm »
That looks great Pearl. Like already mentioned. Great save.
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Re: Turning lemons into lemonade
« Reply #29 on: March 11, 2023, 08:57:54 am »
wonderful idea! Makes me think if I can do something similar to salvage some of my worse staves (I've never spliced billest and this seems "easyer")