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BowEd:
The nut turns from 1 end to the other with ease but not off the ends of course as they are not threaded.
You all are pretty much right.It's 2 studs welded together with the nut on 1 of them.Then machine threaded over the butt joint to match.The nut does have a slight play in it but not too bad.
A local farmer here living in osage country approached me and said he wanted an ELB.He said one of those bows those English shot from on top of those castles....lol.I gave him a 68" one with full cone tapered glued on horn nocks and a leather quiver and 4 bamboo arrows.It was only 60#'s @ 28" though.I informed him too that those bows they used usually pulled well over 100#'s.Should of took pics of the bow too.I wanted to show him what else could be made out of osage besides fence posts.He gave me this puzzler gadget just before I left from delivering him his bow.He's a gun smith himself too and makes parts for guns etc.

Danzn Bar:
Was that the bow you had at MoJam?  if it was …..it was a very good looking bow.
DBar

bjrogg:
Cool story about the farmer and the bow you made him Ed. Love that shooting from the tops of the castle bit.
I was guessing same as Pearl. We used to put match stick tops in between two bolts screwed together on one nut. When you threw them and they hit something they would pop like caps. Do they still make cap guns? Haven't seen one in forever.
Bjrogg

BowEd:
Danzn Bar....Yes it was a bow I made 6 or 7 years ago barefoot Tom had on his table next to you guys at Mo Jam.I think there's another on his table yet but with deer antler overlay tips.Both were only a little over inch wide.Just a sliver of osage is all.
BJ.....Don't know if cap guns are around yet.I would suppose so.

Chippintuff:
That bolt puzzle needs to be patented. Does he sell them?

WA

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