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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: An OK bow from crappy wood.
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2018, 08:08:17 am »
Amen to all the above comments. Way to go. That one should make some meat. I bet the bug holes gives it some real character too.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: An OK bow from crappy wood.
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2018, 12:28:07 pm »
Very nice. You did well.
Often times being a bowyer involves "fixes". :)
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Offline BowEd

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Re: An OK bow from crappy wood.
« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2018, 04:54:15 pm »
That's a sweet design and dandy job of tillering Springbuck.Eliptical with stiff outer levers.My style of bow.I bet she shoots sweet.
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Offline Springbuck

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Re: An OK bow from crappy wood.
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2018, 04:59:46 pm »
 "I bet the bug holes gives it some real character too."

  Definitely a different KIND of character than usual.

  To be honest, I will confess, I have a secret weapon.  I was worried that there might have been some bore holes I couldn't see, so I took it to work and x-ray'd the stave.   ;D ;D  But, it looks like the bugs just came in from the sides of the untrimmed stave, leaving me JUST enough to work with.  \

Thanks everyone, for the kind words.  I've made a decision to post more of my stuff.

Offline Hrothgar

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Re: An OK bow from crappy wood.
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2018, 05:38:49 pm »
That turned out good, I discarded a lot of locust that looked like that. Nice bow.
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: An OK bow from crappy wood.
« Reply #20 on: February 22, 2018, 05:46:35 pm »
I love the bend on that one SB.  ;)
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Offline selfbow joe

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Re: An OK bow from crappy wood.
« Reply #21 on: February 23, 2018, 04:00:18 pm »
Bow looks good

Offline Sidewinder

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Re: An OK bow from crappy wood.
« Reply #22 on: February 23, 2018, 04:51:20 pm »
I thought I was the ONLY one with X ray vision..... >:D
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Offline Hans H

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Re: An OK bow from crappy wood.
« Reply #23 on: February 24, 2018, 02:29:45 pm »
well done,
Hans
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Offline Philipp A

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Re: An OK bow from crappy wood.
« Reply #24 on: February 24, 2018, 06:42:33 pm »
Great looking bow, nice tiller with good draw weight! What is the length of it?

Offline Springbuck

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Re: An OK bow from crappy wood.
« Reply #25 on: February 26, 2018, 05:40:53 pm »
Phillip:  68" NTN.