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Offline recurve shooter

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hickory board in progress
« on: May 06, 2010, 06:01:02 pm »
i have only got one decent shooting bow so far, now im trying a hickory board that island piper gave me today. i got the profile cut out and have started scrapeing on it. long way to go. im hopeing that if i dont break it, island piper is going to help me flip the tips and rawhide back it. if all goes well this should make a decend bow. i'll keep puting up pics as i make progress.





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Offline aero86

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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2010, 06:09:24 pm »
grrrr. i need some hickory!  ive been told to flip the tips first, then tiller
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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 06:14:22 pm »
Hickory is pretty tough to tear up, I remember your last bow you made and if you put as good a tiller on this one as you did that one, it should be a very sweet shooter.   Good luck!   :)  -josh
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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 07:40:54 pm »
thanks guys. by the way, hickory is hard lol been workin on it for five hours and im just now geting the darn thing to flex when i put my weight on it.  ;D
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Offline DanaM

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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 07:47:03 pm »
Take yer time Trey, and if its just starting to bend when you lean on it then its a stout piece of wood ;) :D 8)
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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2010, 08:16:32 pm »
Quote from: DaYooperEh on May 06, 2010, 07:47:03 pm
Take yer time Trey, and if its just starting to bend when you lean on it then its a stout piece of wood ;) :D 8)

lol yeah that would put it at about a 350 pound draw. give or take fifty.  ;D :P
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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2010, 08:22:27 pm »
got it bending a little more. gunna bring it to Mr. Kieth tomorrow to see if he's ready to flip the tips for me so i can go on with the tillering process. looking good so far, just lightly stout lol. should be a beast if i can keep from screwing it up.

anyway, my hands hurt. seems there may be some issue with the handle on my drawkinfe. anyone see any issue here?  :P ;D :D



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Offline youngbowyer33

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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2010, 10:13:55 pm »
gloves ;D
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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2010, 10:17:03 pm »
Quote from: youngbowyer33 on May 06, 2010, 10:13:55 pm
gloves ;D

lol i was a little late figureing that out.  :D
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Offline sailordad

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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2010, 10:39:16 pm »
just get some wood clsoet rod and drill some holes and tap them on ends
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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2010, 11:39:05 pm »
yeah sailordad im planning on putting something on it soon. never thought of the closet rod idea though.  ;D
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Offline makenzie71

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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2010, 11:57:02 pm »
hey!  that's my draw knife!  Seriously!  Even the ahndle's bent the same.

Anyway, best way to go about it is to file the nubs off the ends of the grips and go get file handles.  Hammer them on and bam...draw knife handles.
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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2010, 02:50:23 am »
Trey...you got a Harbor Freight close by?? If so...go and buy a set of thread On File Handle...you can't beat them...Dowel or Drive On Handle come back off...these won't...and they are a cheap Item to purchase...and they last forever too...
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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2010, 10:15:03 am »
El D, im not sure about a harbor freight, but ther is a tractor supply co. bout a mile from me. think they would have it?
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Re: hickory board in progress
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2010, 10:16:31 am »
Didn't think about the thread-on handles...my beat-on handles haven't come off yet :)
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