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making a simple short recurve with hand tools only.
a finnish native:
ok, so I got the bow down to floof tiller and I also chased a now ring after noticing that the original one was too thin.
I used a file that big ass knife/hatchet and glass.
I am going to tille this bow completely with a piece of glass. I'll add pics of that later.
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tsa yo ga:
I'm enjoying your build along, i'm going to start something similar real soon. Is it snowing over there, I think your part of the world is one of the most appealing enviroments on our earth. Glad to see there are some fellow longhairs over there.
a finnish native:
Update: I have been scraping the bow with a piece of thick window glass. hoping to brace it tomorrow. The right limb is a bit confusing to tiller because of the bumps in it, but I'll manage (I hope ;)). I like to tiller my bows with a glass piece as a scraper, because it's easy to find glass here and because it takes a small amount of wood off, but does the job quicker than one would imagine.
Tsa yo ga: It has been snowing here, but now it's all melted off. should snow next night. winter is on our doorstep. further north they have snow already. I'm enjoying the hair while I can since I'll go to serve my military service in January 2010, and lose the hair, but it's a small price to pay for defending your country. ::)
so here are the pics:
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sailordad:
"I'm enjoying the hair while I can since I'll go to serve my military service in January 2010, and lose the hair, but it's a small price to pay for defending your country. "
yup,my oldest son had a mohawk that was 18 inches tall when it was up(hes into punk music etc) before he joined the US NAVY,my youngest (who graduates from US NAVY boot camp on this friday 8))had a full head of thick hair about 14 inches long,both more than happy to cut it for their country.
oh yeah,that bow is looking good too, nice use of minimal tools and using whats at hand
peace,
tim
a finnish native:
thanks Tim!
Well.. this is what ya get with too much education and work. No time for bows :D :D guess I'll get it stringedbefore next week.. :-\
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