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Pat B:
Wishing you a speedy recovery, Tradslinger. 

Tradslinger:
the sun was out and it was some warmer so I opened the garage door and pulled out my stand for working my bows. just had to do some scraping on the Osage. still way too thick and wider than I want to I began slowly working on it. I basically was cleaning up some of the deeper bad spots as I did. I have half of a small knot to take of about six inches above a fadeout on the edge, there is extra wood on the other side. So it was just a thirty minute session just to do something with it. Brought it back inside to inspect it closer and mark what needed to be done next. this will be a slow build as I recover and only do a little at a time but this should hopefully result in a better bow. was going to have to quit anyways, the water pill kicked in. just felt great to see some wood curling up.

Tradslinger:
this was actually last evening, but the wife and I went over to my Grandfather's old place to get something that the thieves hadn't stolen yet. The place was taken over by a late uncle and he was a hard drinker so it was a mess. Then he died about 15 years ago. People had ripped the wiring out of the walls and just trashed it. the doors had been taken off and the termites have been at work. But still on the porch somehow, was a huge work table. 4'x8', all made of 2X's with 4x4 legs. We had to clear a path to it and then off of it and then to the edge of the porch so I could back the Tacoma to it. And was it ever heavy. it took us a while but we got it loaded and tied down. Only had to go a quarter of a mile to my place. going to make one heck of a work table.

Eric Krewson:
I made a Flemish bowstring jig for an old friend who manages the sporting goods dept at the locals Dick's. I have known him since he was a teenager about 35 years ago. He makes all kinds of strings in the archery shop at Dicks but never learned how to make a Flemish string for Trad bows, he sends all the people who want one to my house.

I have made hundreds of strings over the years and don't really like to make them, I find boring work. If I give Steve a jig he can make strings for these people.

I copied my old string jig that I made 35 years ago and have made countless strings on it. I put feet on my jigs so I can sit in a comfortable chair, make strings and hold the jig firmly between my knees.

Allyn T:
That's a very nice jig Eric

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