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Offline Kegan

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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #30 on: March 18, 2008, 06:55:51 pm »
Sweeeeeeeeeet ;D. Piggies beware ;).
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« Reply #31 on: March 18, 2008, 07:16:02 pm »
spot on manny. awesome
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« Reply #32 on: March 18, 2008, 07:28:34 pm »
Awesome job on what appeared to be a NASTY tillering challenge.  I love it!

Joe
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Offline Pat B

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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #33 on: March 19, 2008, 02:09:46 am »
Another cool bow, Manny. Keep it up so I'll get started on one of the staves I got from you.  ;D   Pat
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Offline ricktrojanowski

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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #34 on: March 19, 2008, 07:39:23 am »
That kink looks intimidating, but the tiller came out great.  As the others said,  Love the look of the guava.
Rick
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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #35 on: March 19, 2008, 01:42:33 pm »
Ditto everybody else's praise. Truly a primitive bow  :) and worthy of its bookmark for March Self Bow of the Month
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Offline D. Tiller

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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #36 on: March 19, 2008, 05:43:21 pm »
Cool Mannie! Still working on that guava ya sent me. Whats the best way to heat bend it to shape? Nice bow!
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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #37 on: March 19, 2008, 05:48:22 pm »
Oh! Forgot to ask how wide it is at its widest?
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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #38 on: March 19, 2008, 05:48:52 pm »
Heat gun David,..... if I recall properly, yours was pretty damn strait, as Guava goes :)
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Rich Saffold

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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #39 on: March 19, 2008, 09:21:20 pm »
 ;D That upper limb looks a little like the  upper limb on the  bow you sent us! So what town are you living in? PM me if you need to stay "undercover." ;)

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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #40 on: March 19, 2008, 09:29:51 pm »
Rich, I'm in WAIALUA, ..nowhere near the beach :( :(..but it's quite a dry area compared to the NorthShore

David, the upper limb is 1 1/8" at it's widest, the lower 1 1/16"
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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #41 on: March 19, 2008, 10:04:55 pm »
It was straighter when it got here. Unfortunatly it warped when it dried some more. Now, it is reflexed in the upper limb 3/4 of the way from the end and dog legging prety bad. I will be playing with it in the future so I will go get that heat gun. Should I use an oil on the limb to keep it from burning and just heat one side or all sides?
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Offline Little John

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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #42 on: March 19, 2008, 11:02:05 pm »
Manny I am starting on the snakey one you sent , I have 1 5/8 inches wide to work with and like flat bows so am thinking of keeping all the width and about 67" for about 65# at 28-29"draw.   Kenneth
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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #43 on: March 20, 2008, 12:37:56 am »
can't wait to see it John, if I remember right, it was quite a wicked stave :)
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Offline Little John

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Re: GUAVA longbow. (pics)
« Reply #44 on: March 20, 2008, 01:11:01 am »
Will try to get pics up in a bit. Having a bit of trouble seeing the grain on the back so stained and sanded to bring it out, dosen't seem to agree with the belly grain. Hate to have grain run off as it wrecked a bow once for me, but don't have a lot of wood to play with so might just have to over build a bit, tiller and hope it works.    Kenneth
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