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Offline redwasp

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Re: Vine Maple sapling bow
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2009, 09:57:28 pm »
can I be your friend? >:D How awesome is that. How long have you been cutting your teeth on vine maple? great job on tiller you must be part beaver.  :o
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Offline DirtyDan

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Re: Vine Maple sapling bow
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2009, 10:36:46 pm »
Great job, as usual, Gordon.  I love the color, the backset, the tiller. . .everything.  Wow.  I would love to try some vine maple sometime.
Dan
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Offline broken arrow

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Re: Vine Maple sapling bow
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2009, 01:59:25 am »

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The trick is in the tillering.

I'm listening....   the tiller is fantastic,  and so is the photo of the tiller.  now what is that trick?

I'll stare at it a little longer.

well done,  with that natural reflex i bet i shoots fast,  and you just squeaked into the hunting weights.  Coming off a shoulder operation myself,  I know the appreciation of a lighter bow.

Is the belly tempered?

Jamie
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Offline Gordon

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« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2009, 03:26:31 am »
Thank you for the kind words Tom.

Redwasp, I've been building vine maple bows for about 4 years now. It's not the easiest wood to work what with all the grain swirls, whoop-de-doos, and tension induced reflex. But I love this wood just the same. Thank you for the compliment.

Thank you Dan.

Jamie, I did not temper the belly on this bow. If I had it would likely still have 7" of reflex  :o. The trick for tillering a sapling bow like this one is to make the belly follow the contour of the back in both length and width while evenly tapering the limb from the handle to the tips. And this no small thing when the crown wanders from one side of the limb to the other. Thank you for the compliments Jamie.
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Re: Vine Maple sapling bow
« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2009, 07:28:03 am »
Amazing Gordon :)
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Offline knap_123

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Re: Vine Maple sapling bow
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2009, 08:24:04 am »
what was the caliper of the tree or diameter and how many hours was put into that beautiful bow?
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Re: Vine Maple sapling bow
« Reply #21 on: January 17, 2009, 11:05:25 am »
I have heard people say "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.".  They're wrong.
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Offline AndrewS

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Re: Vine Maple sapling bow
« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2009, 11:53:42 am »
Congrats Gordon, you've made another beauty :)
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330bull

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Re: Vine Maple sapling bow
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2009, 11:57:08 am »
Gordon,

I have no idea how you can turn a natural, unique piece of wood into a flawless piece of perfection.  Where in the heck do you find the time to make so many gorgeous bows? 

Outstanding work, as usual!

Joe

Ps.  I'll be contacting you in late January for help on the handle.
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Offline Gordon

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« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2009, 01:39:01 pm »
Thank you Philip.

Thank you Knap. It was a rather smallish tree whose diameter varied between 1 1/2" - 1 3/4". I couldn't really say how many hours I put into this bow because I don't keep track of that.
I will say, however, that it takes longer to make a low poundage bow. I would have saved a couple of hours if I could have settled for something in the 50ish pound range. But that was not the goal.

Thank you for the compliment John.

Thank you Andrew.

Thank you Joe. I found the time by being recently unemployed. But that will be changing soon. I'm looking forward to seeing your bow.
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Offline brownhillboy

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Re: Vine Maple sapling bow
« Reply #25 on: January 17, 2009, 02:09:30 pm »
Another cool bow, Gordon!  Looks great! :)
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Offline Gordon

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« Reply #26 on: January 18, 2009, 01:29:36 am »
Thank you brownhillboy.
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Vine Maple sapling bow
« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2009, 11:36:35 am »
Very nice bow Gordon,beautiful in all counts,by the way that ant for the Brad Smith that use to make a lot of bow several years ago,haven't heard from him in years,he was Gary Morris's drummer I think and was on several of his shows. Probably not ,Just wondered. :)
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Vine Maple sapling bow
« Reply #28 on: January 19, 2009, 02:28:03 pm »
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by the way that ant for the Brad Smith that use to make a lot of bow several years ago,haven't heard from him in years,he was Gary Morris's drummer I think and was on several of his shows. Probably not ,Just wondered.

I'm not sure I understand the question Pappy.
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Re: Vine Maple sapling bow
« Reply #29 on: January 19, 2009, 02:51:53 pm »
That right there is a sweet lookin' bow.  Yesirree, sweet.
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