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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #345 on: February 14, 2012, 11:17:28 am »
Yah Matt, they are TOO clean man!
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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #346 on: February 14, 2012, 12:34:43 pm »
 Thanks Pat.
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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #347 on: February 14, 2012, 02:13:28 pm »
This place is Buzzzzzin now :)
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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #348 on: February 14, 2012, 03:06:13 pm »
I promised when I signed up to let you know what I was doing, but had some health problems for a while and didn't even have the energy to type a note. Things are going well now and I can get back in the saddle. I had a hickory backed ipe longbow started when I signed up, and I gather it would be OK to finish it up for the swap but it's my first longbow and my first HBI, so I think I'll start another one - same thing. Hope to get it glued up today. I have a friend coming next week who has a phone camera and the knowhow, so maybe I can get a couple pictures up.    Rob
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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #349 on: February 14, 2012, 05:24:34 pm »
Goodness Y'all with all the Purty Osage Glowing through this thread... I had to go out
and skin a little on this crazy WiddaMaker stave I have left over from cutting with George last
July 4th... There may be a bow inside it yet!   :)

Pat, I am 95% sure its Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii).
Picked it and one other Dogwood Stave up off I guy out in California.
Both staves are 18 to 20 months since felled.
Looks good and smells better. :)
Be interesting to see if the knots that straddle the grip outside the fades will be pass throughs or not.

-gus
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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #350 on: February 14, 2012, 06:32:16 pm »
I finally got some free time to spend in the garage today.  While my glue is cooking I heated some reflex in my trade bow.  This is the first time using a jig so hopefully I don't screw it up.

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #351 on: February 14, 2012, 08:08:52 pm »
Looks like you screwed it down, so you should be good to go. ;)
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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #352 on: February 15, 2012, 08:55:18 pm »
Looks better than my rig Clint, that aint no poop either. I have a waterbed rail buddy. Im not into to tools like I should be. The end results are the same with twice the labor on my part.

Here is my swapper. I say its sinew o'clock...what say you? I have notta clue what the weight is. That braced shot  is straight off the vice with no tinkering. Good tapers I tell ya'. The string alignment is so-so, but it leans in the right direction for my recip so Im leaving it alone. The tips are wenge. I have my sinew ready to rock and some nasty ol' HIDE GLUE BLACKHAWK to secure it......this time anyway. The bow is 58" ntn and Im shooting for 48-52# when it leaves here. So far this one has come easy. My TG swapper was an easy one too! LUCKY ME!

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #353 on: February 15, 2012, 09:28:32 pm »
what's that gizmo in the picture with the sinew?
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #354 on: February 15, 2012, 09:35:12 pm »
Its a breaker upper tool. Patent Pending.
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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #355 on: February 15, 2012, 09:54:15 pm »
Thanks PD. That helps. Sometimes I need to see a picture to know what I need to do. That looks like a spiffy setup with a heat gun.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #356 on: February 15, 2012, 10:07:50 pm »
Another trick for getting more bows done, if thats your flavor. I do lots of other things while bending or treating with that rig.
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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #357 on: February 15, 2012, 10:35:53 pm »
Is that a piece of your drum set?  Looks like it should be holding up a symbol or something.  Looks like it works good.
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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #358 on: February 15, 2012, 10:48:34 pm »
Quote from: osage outlaw on February 15, 2012, 10:35:53 pm
Is that a piece of your drum set?  Looks like it should be holding up a symbol or something.  Looks like it works good.

its a lamp ;)

@pearl..now get to a hide gluing sir ;)
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Offline coaster500

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Re: 2012 PA Bow Trade - Works In Progress
« Reply #359 on: February 15, 2012, 11:03:29 pm »
Lookin good guys!!

Chris that curve is going to be cool!!

Here's a sneak peak before my trade bow hits the mail... 

Hardest bow I ever let loose of. It really shoots for me!!




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