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Syringa character bow (updated)
Ryano:
Ok, I'll bite what was this get together all about? Looks like ya'll had a good time.
juniper junkie:
--- Quote from: Ryano on January 29, 2008, 06:00:13 pm ---Ok, I'll bite what was this get together all about? Looks like ya'll had a good time.
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this was the Traditional Archers of Oregon annual banquet, we had a bowyers panel which consisted of Norm Johnson of Blacktail Bows, John Strunk, self-bow extraordiare, Allan Boice of Liberty Bows, and Gordon Fertlletch. they answered questions from the audience and told about them and thier bows, we had tons of raffle items, door prizes and awards. it was a good time. here is a pic of the plaques I made for awards, I had some help in finishing them up. they are made of yew with syringa arrows.
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Gordon:
Those plaques were just awesome - seeing Dave tear up after receiving his spoke volumes.
Keenan:
Ok time to up date this thread and show where we are. The side with the severe kink has proven to be a little challenging. I started by test some scraps that were left over.To see just how much, I could heat bend without breaking. As expected it works well over a distance but a small consentrated area has it's limits.
Because this limb dips down then takes a turn back up. I will try for a slight deflex reflex profile. First I will take as much of the radical bend out of the sharp kink as possible. Then I will try to match it with the other limb by adding some reflex with heat.
I'm using an old glue up form that I have, as a clamping jig. With this sharp bend, trying to use a backing plate on the inside is difficult some I'm just going to hold my breath and try not to ask to much from the wood.
You will notice the heat gun is relatively close to the wood. This is because I am just adding a little more heat to the already heated limb. As Gordon stated on his buildalong, You should hold the gun 5" or there abouts to get a slow deep heat.
You can see on the view looking down that the handle area is in line with the tips. In the last pic you can see that the profile is starting to match. It's not perfect but is a good starting point and we can do a little bending to see what things are looking like. My daughter made the mistake of wandering out to the shop, so I imposed. She said if any of her friends she the pic, I will owe her big time... Keenan
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Keenan:
After letting the stave sit a few days, I put it on the tillering post. You should always wait a day or two after doing any heat bending, befor stressing the limbs.
As you can see the profile is not perfect, but is close. I may do a little more heat bending after I see how the tiller is shaping up. As you can see the right limb is fairly stiff at this point. So I will work on this area some to even things out.
The last pic shows the right limb bending more after removing a little wood and then excerising it a little. I leave the tips fairly stiff at this point untill I get it to the bracing point. Keenan
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