Author Topic: The Mouse Slayer  (Read 4710 times)

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Offline PaSteve

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Re: The Mouse Slayer
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2021, 05:22:41 pm »
When dealing with a sliver, it's very easy to get a hinge. Great job. I like it.
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Offline Pappy

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Re: The Mouse Slayer
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2021, 09:29:20 am »
Very cool, rather make a full sized bow anytime than one of them, very tricky bows to make. Nice job. :)
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Offline freke

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Re: The Mouse Slayer
« Reply #17 on: March 25, 2021, 10:02:08 am »
my dyslectic mind read Moose slayer, expected something bigger  (W

Lovingly little thing

Offline WhistlingBadger

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« Reply #18 on: March 25, 2021, 11:16:53 am »
Thanks, guys!  This was a fun little project while I'm waiting for a couple of buddies on here to send me some staves (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) so I can start on the next full-sized project.  It was a lot harder, and a lot more fun, than I expected.

Here's a few more pics.
The back.
100_0528 by Whistling Badger, on Flickr

String and tip detail.  I served the string with black just because it looked cool.  I had to cut the nocks so shallow that the string was popping out, so I used tweezers to glue little bits of bamboo under them so it would stay in place.
100_0529 by Whistling Badger, on Flickr

Unbraced.  The top limb has taken a lot of set.  The bottom limb actually started out slightly reflexed.  I left it alone because I didn't want to heat treat something this thin.  But it evens out at full draw, so good enough.
100_0530 by Whistling Badger, on Flickr
Thomas
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: The Mouse Slayer
« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2021, 01:16:41 pm »
Nice job, quite tricky those tiny bows.
Shot it though the chrono' yet :)
Del

OK, Del, you got my curiosity going:

IMG_3304 (1) by Whistling Badger, on Flickr

My kid's got a real speed demon on her hands, here.   ;D ;D
Thomas
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Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for."
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Offline Yooper Bowyer

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Re: The Mouse Slayer
« Reply #20 on: April 01, 2021, 01:57:50 pm »
I didn't know little bows could be entered in BOM, but it makes sense; good luck,

Offline Winter Hawk

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Re: The Mouse Slayer
« Reply #21 on: April 03, 2021, 01:06:08 pm »
That has to be the cutest little thing since God made kittens, very well done!

~Kees~

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: The Mouse Slayer
« Reply #22 on: April 04, 2021, 09:45:16 am »
Very nice! Jawge
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