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[sleek]

Id appreciate a pictorial example of this.

[rps3]

mwosborn, I would temper that hackberry now. You will like the results.

[Stixnstones]

Got a sweet piece of Ironwood from Rich today. Never worked it before so any advice would be great. Got the temper evened out on my hackberry today and started roughin out another hackberry . Gutshot do your tips however ya want they look cool as is.MW, that hack looks nice and i agree on bringin those tips around somemore. Man i love this thread. Gettin advice from Pearl Drums, Patrick, Badly Bent and others just shows how cool bowyers really are. Thanx guys \m/

[Stixnstones]

Here's the ironwood from Rich.

[Drewster]

SUCCESS FINALLY!  Well, I finally got this stave straight.  I hate to be defeated by a piece of wood :-(  Heating the section of handle made some progress but not enough. 

Hey ajooter, I used your idea of steaming it and then hitting it with the heat gun.  That finally worked.  Thanks man!  I steamed that baby for an hour last night, clamped it in my end vise, greased it up, hit it with the heat gun for ten minutes and pulled the limb 7/16" past alignment.  Finally got great alignment today when I took it out of the clamp.

So, this afternoon I refined the profile and started floor tillering.  I'll get back on the floor tillering this evening.

[mwosborn]

mwosborn, I would temper that hackberry now. You will like the results.

I agree - thanks.  Going to work the tips just a bit and then toast it up!

[PlanB]

Congratulations on that Drewster!
That was a tough one.
Beautiful stave Stixnstones. Rich, you're the man!

[mwosborn]

Drewster - looks good - your persistence paid off!

[Fred Arnold]

I'm just getting ready to do my layouts on a couple this weekend and you guys are damn near done!!!

I opted to wait for warmer weather. Today would have been good but I'm searching for a runaway dog and now high school state wrestling championships are going on. I won't get much done but will show some progress tomorrow.

I do have one sinewed bw drying that won't take long after the curing process I hope.

[---GUTSHOT--->]

Drewster way to hang with it

Stix that's a cool peace of wood ya got there.

I've worked the tips a little more on the BL. BUT ITS UK BASKETBALL TIME SO IM TAKING THE NIGHT OFF

[---GUTSHOT--->]

SUCCESS FINALLY!  Well, I finally got this stave straight.  I hate to be defeated by a piece of wood :-(  Heating the section of handle made some progress but not enough. 

Hey ajooter, I used your idea of steaming it and then hitting it with the heat gun.  That finally worked.  Thanks man!  I steamed that baby for an hour last night, clamped it in my end vise, greased it up, hit it with the heat gun for ten minutes and pulled the limb 7/16" past alignment.  Finally got great alignment today when I took it out of the clamp.

So, this afternoon I refined the profile and started floor tillering.  I'll get back on the floor tillering this evening.

Drewster what kind of tools you got there hanging above the brace and bit

[jeffp51]

ITS UK BASKETBALL TIME SO IM TAKING THE NIGHT OFF

I didn't know basketball was big in the United Kingdom.

[Badly Bent]

Drewster, nice job taming that stave and I have to comment that your shop is real nice. It's so tidy and organized that it's making me feel like a slob, looks like a very nice place to be making bows.

[---GUTSHOT--->]

ITS UK BASKETBALL TIME SO IM TAKING THE NIGHT OFF

I didn't know basketball was big in the United Kingdom.

University of Kentucky not the UNITED KINDOM

[lebhuntfish]

Drewster, nice job taming that stave and I have to comment that your shop is real nice. It's so tidy and organized that it's making me feel like a slob, looks like a very nice place to be making bows.

Hey Greg, maybe we should start a competition   on a new thread. We could call it "The dirtiest shop on PA"  we could give away a toilet brush for the worst one. That way they could clean up all their crap! 

Patrick