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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by Doug509 on Today at 11:41:29 am »
Thanks for your suggestions.  I did use a heat gun on left/lower limb, 20" from the handle.  Now both limbs are equally reflexed now and the handle is 5" below the tips.  When I study the stave, I'm thinking a 5 curve bow could be possible?  The limbs are 25 to 30 mm wide, maybe too narrow for a 5 curve?
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Around the Campfire / Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Last post by Eric Krewson on Today at 10:30:15 am »
Time to wrap up the part of the garden that can't stand the heavy frost that is coming tonight.

I dug a lot of Daikon radishes, they grow to china and I have found the long spade it the best way to get them out of the ground without breaking them. I ended up with 2 gallon bags packed full of washed and trimmed radishes.





Next I picked spinach, not because the frost will harm it but because I needed some in the frig. My bulging disc back issues wouldn't let me bend over to pick last week, with my old man knee stool I could manage it today, I picked two gallons of really nice spinach. I put up the rabbit fence this year, I tried trapping them in the past but couldn't catch any, they ate all of my spinach last year. This is the patch after I picked, I forgot to take a before picture.



Lastly I pulled my beets, there is a lot I don't know about growing them, this is my first attempt. They germinated very slowly and the grass took over, the beets were small. I wanted to pickle some, again my first attempt, I may have enough to fill a couple of pints.



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Bows / Re: American Flatbow Oak Board Bow 53lb @ 26"
« Last post by bentstick54 on Today at 10:27:41 am »
Great job. Tiller looks as good as it can get.
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by Eric Krewson on Today at 10:12:43 am »
On an overly reflexed stave, I get out my heat gun and take most of the reflex out, I may leave 2-3 inches.
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Bows / Re: American Flatbow Oak Board Bow 53lb @ 26"
« Last post by Eric Krewson on Today at 10:08:20 am »
One of the best tillered bows I have seen lately, Amazing!
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Bows / Re: American Flatbow Oak Board Bow 53lb @ 26"
« Last post by bjrogg on Today at 10:02:10 am »
Very nice tiller. Good looking bow

Bjrogg
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on Today at 09:31:42 am »
Hope every one had a great Thanksgiving, headed to the cabin for a couple of day, got a few projects to work on and may do a little hunting, plan on boiling the Yot and cat head and also got about 50lbs of bear fat to render and maybe scrape some hides if the weather hold and they stay tight in the rack. Hope yall have a good one also.Life ids Good.  ;)
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: American Flatbow Oak Board Bow 53lb @ 26"
« Last post by Pappy on Today at 09:26:15 am »
Beautiful bow, very well done. ;)
 Pappy
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Bows / Re: Strongly reflexed bow turning inside out!
« Last post by Badger on Today at 09:06:27 am »
   Wood is not really suitable for highly reflexed bows. The reason is because a highly reflexed bow has to have very short working areas to maintain any kind of stability and wood will either break or take too much set if it doesn't have enough working limb. Look at the modern Asiatic bows, they have very short working areas. Your desing has to be able to tolerate the materials you are using.
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Flintknapping / Re: Recent stone points
« Last post by GlisGlis on Today at 08:06:44 am »
very nice points
they look consistent in their variety
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