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Bows / Re: Apple Flatbow 54# @ 27"
« Last post by Selfbowman on February 07, 2026, 03:31:35 pm »If I get some Apple staves I was thinking boo backed or gemsbok horn backing.
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Bows / Re: Jan 2026 BOM VOTING
« Last post by bentstick54 on February 07, 2026, 01:43:37 pm »Arvin, voting is still open until Feb 9th
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Bows / Re: Jan 2026 BOM VOTING
« Last post by sleek on February 07, 2026, 01:41:51 pm »We have 2 days left, because i posted it 2 days late. Blame me lol.
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Around the Campfire / Re: 2nd annual giveaway for 2026
« Last post by sleek on February 07, 2026, 01:08:33 pm »Hey Eric, im sorry for the confusion. This is a first for me doing an event like this. I decided on the concept of one winner to select one prize, keeping the rest on hand for one winner to select one prize next year, because the idea of asking everyone to donate such items to a prize pot yearly seems like a very big ask and a huge tax on generous members like you, and everyone else who was so generous to offer something. I figure its easier to replace the one item selected each year than an entire prize list yearly. Then there was the fear of the likelihood of not having the same number of, and quality of prizes each year and the winners feeling a little disappointed in quality and quantity of prizes. The list we have now of prizes is absolutely phenomenal, replicating that each year would be unlikely.
If you have ideas to help any of these situations id be genuinely interested.
If you have ideas to help any of these situations id be genuinely interested.
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At the Forge / Re: Vinland saga daggers.
« Last post by White Falcon on February 07, 2026, 11:29:30 am »Very nice work.
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Bows / Re: Apple Flatbow 54# @ 27"
« Last post by Robert Pougnier on February 07, 2026, 11:05:20 am »I may have some apple staves coming my way. Is Apple just not good in tension? If so would bamboo on the back be to much tension? Maybe gemsbok horn on the back? What is the density on Apple wood?
I somehow missed this question.
I don't have any solid info on this as there is little I can find. I hadn't seen any other apple bows until tuomo linked the simson apple bow, really cool! I should have kept a sliver and done a break test.
I did not have a 1" cube when i calculated SG, but the chunk was 11.46cm cubed and weighed 146.5 gn. I believe the MC is 7.5. I came up with .75 SG with a fair margin of error. I don't think it was that dense really. TBB has it a .68 i think. Honestly I'm surprised how much wood is in this bow and it takes a dent pretty easily. I did expect to lose more mass. I think without the backing/tb3, handle wrap and string it weighs 24 oz. I need to start keeping better records of each piece.
I'd love to make some unbacked apple bows and figure out better how to treat this wood. But I love this bow. The wood could make a really beautiful horn/boo core I think.
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Around the Campfire / Re: 2nd annual giveaway for 2026
« Last post by Eric Krewson on February 07, 2026, 10:29:43 am »I misunderstood the way the drawing would be run, I assumed there were be multiple winners in a descending scale with the top winners getting to pick a great prize like a bow and the people picked in a lower order being able to pick lesser prizes.
If I had know there would be only one winner I wouldn't have offered the other stuff or even a used bow.
My mistake.
If I had know there would be only one winner I wouldn't have offered the other stuff or even a used bow.
My mistake.
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Bows / Re: Jan 2026 BOM VOTING
« Last post by Selfbowman on February 07, 2026, 10:19:54 am »WHO WON!!!!
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Around the Campfire / Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Last post by Eric Krewson on February 07, 2026, 10:18:49 am »The kit to bleed the master cylinder cost $30-$40, instead of buying this, I bench bled it instead but found after I installed it that I didn't get all of the air out of it so I bled the master cylinder by going through the whole system wheel by wheel over and over. I put 2 qts of fluid through the system before I quit seeing air bubbles. I did have my girlfriend to pump the brakes but had to get out from under the truck and add fluid on every attempt (20 or so times) at bleeding the brakes.
Surprisingly, as much mechanic work as I have done through the years this was my first master cylinder change. I kept up all of my cars and trucks for 40 or more years
Surprisingly, as much mechanic work as I have done through the years this was my first master cylinder change. I kept up all of my cars and trucks for 40 or more years
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Around the Campfire / Re: What Did You Do Today?
« Last post by sleek on February 06, 2026, 09:39:14 pm »I just had to do a master cylinder der that decided to threaten to exit the chat on my way home from Miami last weekend. I was torn between pushing it, and vivid images of losing brakes in the snow storm in the middle of nowhere in potential white out conditions....
So I spent 2 hours bleeding brakes before I gave up and took it to a shop. They got me settled and I was on my way. Cost me an extra day but I missed closed highways and white out conditions etc... worked out in the end.
So I spent 2 hours bleeding brakes before I gave up and took it to a shop. They got me settled and I was on my way. Cost me an extra day but I missed closed highways and white out conditions etc... worked out in the end.