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Character Osage Build - Now a Takedown - Finished!

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gstoneberg:
Couple more pictures from tonight. Worked on removing wood on the new limb



and then got sidetracked fitting the brass sleeve insert on the limb from the crooked bow.



I thought I could mate the limb up to that brass in about 15 minutes....boy was I wrong.  It is ready to glue in now but I won't do that until the other limb is ready to go too.  There is some water damage on that one and I asked a question about that over in the bow forum.   http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,21094.0.html

George

Thwackaddict:
Lookin good george.Cant wait to see how this one turns out.I love take downs,once i get a few more under my belt i will attempt one.

HatchA:
Hey George, really glad you're saving what you can from the blow-up...  looking forward to how this turns out :)

gstoneberg:
Finally finished up the other bow so I could get back on this one.  Since I had stolen the limb I prepared for this bow to save the other one, I picked out a new billet:


then took it down to a growth ring (had to go through the first 6 heartwood rings to find a good one)


laid out the bow and fitted it to the takedown sleeve:


Ended the day trial fitting everything together.  Looks like I need to bend at least one limb to get the string in the handle:


George

Thwackaddict:
Comin along good george!!Cant wait to see this one take shape!!

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