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Take down,more like follow along
Pappy:
I had never built a take down,never really seen the need or just hated to cut a perfectly
good bow in half to do it.If I broke a bow I would just cook brats with the other half. ;) :)
Well over the last year I had a couple of Osage bow blow.1 the top limb and the other the
bottom.They were both sweet shooting well tillered bows out of 6 year old Osage with good
growth rings.Don't get me wrong I have broken plenty of bow but both of these supprized me.After looking them over good I decided one blew where I violated the longitudinal grown ring,it was pretty snaky at the point it blew.The other had a pin knot right in the middle of the limb and had some
rotten wood under the back a couple of grains down that I didn't see from the back,belly or sides.
The other half of each bow looked prefect so I decided to give it a 2nd chance.I thought about it for a while and finely settled on a sleeve system ,not being a mechanist I ordered the system from Three rivers.When it got there I looked it over and since they sent no instructions I just went a head on my own.The first challenge was the Osage was 2 completely different colors,one High yellow and the other dark witch is the way Osage is sometimes.I cut the broken limbs off and here we go. :) Maybe this will help someone else that has thought about this to give it a try.It really wasn't to bad.
Pappy
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Pappy:
First I got the cut to the length I wanted and marked the sleeve on the ends,then
rounded them down to fit the sleeve.I left them just a little loose so I could line the up when I put it togeather.Once that was done I mixed 2 part epoxy and glued on the first brass sleeve then the 2nd.The steel sleeve glues to the top limb brass.I had everything ready and put the glue on the top brass,slipped the sleeve on the bottom limb and slid it togeather,this will give you a chance to make sure the top and bottom limb lines up.Just hold it where you want it till the glue sets.Once it was togeather and set up I went forward.I wanted to flip the tips so I went a head and trimmed the limb
profile so both limbs matched in the tapper and then started to floor tiller and get it to brace then
on out to about 10 inches.I like to do that first before I turn the tips,it makes them much easier to
get to brace if you do the tips later in the tiller process.
Pappy
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Pappy:
I then put on the raw hide before going on with the tillering,I also installed the tip overlays.
On the raw hide I just cut it to fit,soak it till it is soft and put it on with TB3 then rap wit an ace bandage.I had already flipped the tips so I wouldn't have to heat after the rawhide. :)
Pappy
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Pappy:
After the raw hide was done and the tips finished I went on with the tiller. :)
Pappy
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Pappy:
After the skins and the tiller was finished I had the challenge of the color.I put about 4 coats of Mahogany stain on the light limb and one quick coat on the dark limb and alt ho you can tell a
little deferents most people won't even notice.Then I put on a grip and 6 coats of tru oil and 2 or 3 more of satin Polly. :)
Pappy
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