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Offline bubby

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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #195 on: May 22, 2013, 06:26:34 am »
hedge, first off he has the bow to full brace so I know he's pulled it to 15", I leave my bows braced when i'm tillering and scrape where I need, but if you don't exercise the limbs they wont release their shape, and  you stand the risk of  missing target weight or messing up the tiller further, if you just scrape till it is even without exercising the limbs all kinds of things can go wrong.
actually bracing and unbracing a bow is bad for the bow imo.
don't know if that made any sense it's 2 a.m. and i'm tired :laugh:
 
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Offline lostarrow

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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #196 on: May 22, 2013, 10:12:21 am »
Quote from: bubby on May 22, 2013, 06:26:34 am
hedge, first off he has the bow to full brace so I know he's pulled it to 15", I leave my bows braced when i'm tillering and scrape where I need, but if you don't exercise the limbs they wont release their shape, and  you stand the risk of  missing target weight or messing up the tiller further, if you just scrape till it is even without exercising the limbs all kinds of things can go wrong.
actually bracing and unbracing a bow is bad for the bow imo.
don't know if that made any sense it's 2 a.m. and i'm tired :laugh:
 

 It's a lot quicker if you leave it braced as well. By the time you get to short string ,there should only be touch up and minor weight reduction to do. If you're nervous about nicking the string , you can put a plastic strip on the back of your scraper. I pick them up at Staples Business Depot. They are used for the edge of  clear document covers to hold the papers inside.Cut them to the length you need. I exercise the bow between 30-50 times between each  material removal.
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Offline hedgeapple

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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #197 on: May 22, 2013, 12:30:43 pm »
Bubby, thanks.  We're pretty much on the same. :)  I did miss the part that muffin had already pulled the bow to 26".  I agree you have to work the bow after wood removal for the adjustments to settle in.  Since he's already pulled the bow to 26" you're suggestion of working it at 15" then progressing makes A LOT of sense.  Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #198 on: June 26, 2013, 03:01:28 pm »
So I'm just wondering if everybody has been accounted for, are we all set on this trade?
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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #199 on: June 28, 2013, 12:12:02 am »
Not yet.
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Offline doulosparachristos

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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #200 on: July 18, 2013, 03:33:42 pm »
Anyone else not received this bow yet? just curious if I'm the only one.
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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #201 on: July 18, 2013, 03:37:56 pm »
Whoever is running this swap, please PM names of any and all late parties please.
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Offline autologus

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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #202 on: July 18, 2013, 04:35:09 pm »
PM has been sent with all the names and who they were to make one for as well as who has shipped as far as I can tell.

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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #203 on: July 18, 2013, 09:34:35 pm »
I have not recieved a bow yet either. I did ship one though.

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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #204 on: July 19, 2013, 10:41:06 am »
So this 2012 swap ended about 5 months ago and about 30% still haven't shipped. That's embarrassing.
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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #205 on: July 19, 2013, 11:40:33 am »
Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on July 19, 2013, 10:41:06 am
So this 2012 swap ended about 5 months ago and about 30% still haven't shipped. That's embarrassing.
+1.  I would be embarrassed to show my face here if I never followed through on that. stuff like that will destroy these great trades. No one will be willing to police it and no one should be expected to do it
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Offline bubby

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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #206 on: July 19, 2013, 02:20:27 pm »
come on now guys, trudge on and fulfill your trades, you can do it
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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #207 on: July 23, 2013, 12:43:27 pm »
Oddly enough, three of the guys that didn't ship in this trade are also involved in the 2013 PA swap. 
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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #208 on: July 23, 2013, 01:15:53 pm »
Well that's no good.....
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Re: 2012 Red Oak Board Bow Trade
« Reply #209 on: July 23, 2013, 01:20:47 pm »
Im not any fun to play with Bryce. It wont be easy for them if things don't get resolved very soon.
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