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Offline soy

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Re: First Osage Self bow static recurve Tell me what yall think
« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2011, 05:35:37 am »
Beauty  ;)
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Re: First Osage Self bow static recurve Tell me what yall think
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2011, 08:59:41 am »
Very nice,finish work looks great. Nice work. :)
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Re: First Osage Self bow static recurve Tell me what yall think
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2011, 11:21:50 am »
bonito ;D
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Re: First Osage Self bow static recurve Tell me what yall think
« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2011, 12:38:43 pm »
Ok here are the full draw pics a few angles some of me drawing it and some of her.  my draw is roughly 27 to 28 inches and hers is 25 to 26.  I am also posting some photos of my the bow I am working on now for my self.  right now I am letting the sinew cure it has been curing for 5 days.  Any suggestions on how long I should let it cure this is my first sinew job and It feels very hard but offcourse I can not imagine all the moisture is out of it after soaking it in water before soaking it in glue.  any way to speed the process up I do have a heat box but not sure if I should put it in there as I had to steam the stave to get it straight as you can see in one of my photos my staves are far from straight. I also am attaching a photo of my steam set up simple but effective.  I hope to get 2 bows out of that stave pictured it is about 5 inches wide. when I chase a ring it might get down to 4.5 inches or less though.
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Re: First Osage Self bow static recurve Tell me what yall think
« Reply #19 on: June 15, 2011, 12:44:18 pm »
I could not load all photos in one post so here are the rest.  my steamer is just a simple wallpaper steamer attached to a 4 inch PVC pipe with end caps and a small hole to release pressure.  the small one is for recurving the tips and I fill in the rest of that slot with a rag.
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Offline Bow Nut

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Re: First Osage Self bow static recurve Tell me what yall think
« Reply #20 on: June 15, 2011, 03:40:57 pm »
and some more photos lol just thought I would show yall some close ups of the recurve and tips.  thanks for all the kind replies
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Re: First Osage Self bow static recurve Tell me what yall think
« Reply #21 on: June 15, 2011, 06:56:30 pm »
Thanks It is defently one ring there were 2 pin knots right there by the handle in the fade area that I left raised being my rist one I left it a whole ring high around the knots no knowing how high I should raise it.  when the bow finished out it does not even bend right there but I left it any how to be sure.
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Re: First Osage Self bow static recurve Tell me what yall think
« Reply #22 on: June 15, 2011, 08:18:49 pm »
Thats a good looking bow!
Hope it shoots as good as it looks ;)

/Mikael

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Offline juniper junkie

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Re: First Osage Self bow static recurve Tell me what yall think
« Reply #23 on: June 16, 2011, 01:58:03 am »
very nicely done!!!!
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Offline DirtyDan

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« Reply #24 on: June 16, 2011, 08:48:44 am »
Super job on the recurves.  Great tiller. Very little set.  What you have done is not easy.  I know!  Excellent.  Your wife looks like she loves it.
Dan
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Offline Bow Nut

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Re: First Osage Self bow static recurve Tell me what yall think
« Reply #25 on: June 16, 2011, 12:37:15 pm »
Thanks guys, she does it was her anniversary gift the look on her face was priceless and she shoots it well to but needs to build up to it a bit she struggles at full draw. 
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