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Offline bootboy

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red oak holmegaard
« on: November 23, 2009, 11:28:39 am »
66" tip to tip. 2 1/2" at the handle fades, tapering to 1 7/8" at the ear fades. Ears are 13" long, and the bending limb is 16" there is a Large know just above the center of the 8" handle i plan to cut a arrow shelf into. So far the bending limb is an 1inch thick. I plan to sinew the nuggets out of this.

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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2009, 11:38:22 am »
annnnd more photos

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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2009, 11:40:48 am »
the tips are 5/16" thick by 1/2 deep and at the ear fades 15/16"wide by 1" thick forgot to add that. They're Really thin!
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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2009, 11:55:10 am »
cool. those tips are super thin!   :) -josh
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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2009, 12:04:57 pm »
Alright so the roughing out is finished and now the fine tuning begins
I had to steam straighten the first limb so the string lined up in the center you can see water stains.
Then the next photos are the arrow shelf cut out. It looks pretty weak but I really Reefed on it and it only just slightly moves an almost unnoticeable amount.

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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2009, 12:07:43 pm »
oooh i dont know about that arrow pass man, looks kinda thin through there.  The handle area isthe most highly stressed area on a bow and with that sharp of a cut in, it really makes that area unstable.  Hopefully it will be okay but I don't know.  Good luck!  -josh  :)
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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2009, 12:10:58 pm »
I was experimenting with heat treating after simply using a heatgun and scorching the bellies of a few bows with no success, then i revisited Marc St.louis's chapter in the TBB
then I figured it was like cooking a roast, Sometimes slow roasting brings out the best flavours. So I left the limbs 7 inches about the stove held in place with a large mazwell house coffee can and the other end on the handle of the fridge i sat there sorting sinew and preparing hide glue for the next stage, for over an hour and a halfbefore i noticed anychanged at all. Then for the last 2-3 minutes i lowered the limbs of the element to darken them only slightly and very evenly. The result was the illusive concave bellie that Marc wrote about in the book.

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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2009, 12:12:39 pm »
Yea, Thats what I thought at first but i put my full weight on it multiple times and like i said there wasnt much give at all. More so the thin tips where taking the bend.
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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2009, 12:15:36 pm »
So I sat there for hours and hours sorting out sinew into bundles. and only had enough for the first thing layer and a little covering the second limb. Then the next day again a few hours in the sinew sorting department, till I had enough.

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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2009, 12:16:54 pm »
and now my camera isnt working....



Really now.....Come ON!  >:(
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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2009, 12:25:27 pm »
the handle is 5/8" wide at the arrowshelf, by 2" deep I think its going to be alright.
I can always re-enforce it with rawhide on the otherside
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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2009, 12:29:46 pm »
Thin or not don't give up on it, the worst that could happen is it could break  >:D  and we've all had that happen!

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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2009, 12:34:52 pm »
thats my guy right here!! I like that sentament
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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2009, 12:35:37 pm »
I hope it works, looks great so far!  -josh  :)
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Re: red oak holmegaard
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2009, 01:01:13 pm »
Man!!! Why did you cut that arrow pass into the handle. Makes my guts turn to water just looking at it!.
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