Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: skyarrow on January 05, 2010, 11:25:26 am
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well my other post just disappeared so i am restarting it hehe well i have the rawhide on now just waiting for the glue to fully dry then back to tillering
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and for who asked before the other thread went AWOL i traded nugget for the rawhide and stave if u want to know where he got the rawhide i will ask him
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well i think i will wait till friday before i start to trim the excess rawhide and then get this thing tillerd in
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Looks like you have a SKS and a Carbine just like me.
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hehe indeed and the one below the SKS is a mosin nagant 7.62x54R
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Have you got it bending on the long string yet? Show some pics.
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i will post new pics when i start back on tillering tomarrow i still have alot of thinning to do
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well its been to cold to do alot of work on it but i did get the time to clean off the extra rawhide it came out very smooth ;D ;D when it warms up i will go back to tillering ugg stupid cold haha
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well back to tillering i am going very very slow haha here is the latest pic i think i gained a inch that tells u how slow i am going lol but i am getting there
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Well at least you are making progress. Slow is not always bad.
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Slow and easy is always good when you are tillering. :)
Pappy
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I LOVE MOSIN NAGANTS! ;D
me and a friend shot 500 rounds into random jugs bottles and cans in an afternoon, not to mention about 2,000 22 rounds, 50 or so 20 guage shells, and a box of 16 guage shells.
sadly the jugs cans and bottles did not survive. >:D
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hehe sounds fun
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ugg this rain will not stop dont think i will ever got out to work on this bow ???
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ugg this rain will not stop dont think i will ever got out to work on this bow ???
well the rain has not stopped and still no progress on this bow ugg :-\ :-[ :'( >:D cant even light my forge to get trades done :'( :'( ohh well just means more time with the best wife in the world ;D ;D ::)
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Hey!!!! I have the best wife in the world!!! ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) :P :P Hope you can get back to work on that bow soon. Is this your first bow?
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yes it is ;D
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that carbine may be very rare what co. made it? collectors are paying top dollar for rare ones.up to $ 2,000.
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well i am sick of this rain i just set up shop in my living room hope the wife dont get to mad here is the latest pic i added another inch on bend woot i am going slow on this since its my first time hope to have another pick in the next few hours :)
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i have a question how much shorter is the short string from n-n when i get to short string tillering ? i know i will get there today :)
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i think it is looking good... stay away from the fades for awhile and get it bending more mid-limb. ...your socks don't match ;) -josh
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i think it is looking good... stay away from the fades for awhile and get it bending more mid-limb. ...your socks don't match ;) -josh
lol thanx :P ::)
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the first time I short brace my bows i use a string around 2 inches shorter than the bow... You can always twist/untwist the string to raise/lower your brace height. Remember to be really careful bracing it for the first time. I believe this is the most stressful action... for me and the bow LOL. :) -josh
P.S. use a bow stringer definitely... Are you coming to the Tennessee Classic? :)
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That's what I usually do also - a string a couple inches shorter than the bow. Don't know if you've learned to make your own bowstrings yet? If not - it's worth learning straight away. It's cheap to order some Dacron and you can make the jig easy. Like Josh said you can adjust the length by just twisting or untwisting and it helps during the tillering process.
Once you start removing wood mid-limb it'll go quick! Looking forward to seeing your first, it'll be far and away above mine!
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when is the tenn class
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That's what I usually do also - a string a couple inches shorter than the bow. Don't know if you've learned to make your own bowstrings yet? If not - it's worth learning straight away. It's cheap to order some Dacron and you can make the jig easy. Like Josh said you can adjust the length by just twisting or untwisting and it helps during the tillering process.
Once you start removing wood mid-limb it'll go quick! Looking forward to seeing your first, it'll be far and away above mine!
thanx for the info i have some dacron already from kbrinkly all i need to do is make the string. and another question haw far of bend do i go before i put the short string on
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I usually keep it on the long string until I can get it bending to what it is going to be bent to at brace height.
the Classic is the first weekend in May. :)
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I usually keep it on the long string until I can get it bending to what it is going to be bent to at brace height.
the Classic is the first weekend in May. :)
sounds good i plan on going but if this economy does not get better i wont be there
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new pic added two inches
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Cool. what weight is it at right there? Looks like you still have a pretty good ways to go till first brace. :) -josh
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Cool. what weight is it at right there? Looks like you still have a pretty good ways to go till first brace. :) -josh
it was at 58# i am shooting for low to mid 50s at 28" i do have a long ways to go but its going :)
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...one more thing.. don't pull your bow past your intended draw weight.. :) -josh
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i have been making sure not to do that thanx for the info
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till check i think its going well both limbs are bending pretty even
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Nice to finally see some life in that wood. Good job so far.
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Nice to finally see some life in that wood. Good job so far.
thanx tj glad to be back at work on it get this my wife went to town and while she was gone i set up shop in the living room lol scraper shavings and dust from the belt sander every where lol i told her to call me when she was heading home and she did woot i had it all cleaned up before she got home :) she never new lol
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actualy have work today so hope to be back on this bow tomorrow i think its going well ;D
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ugg more rain >:(
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I had a nagant. The full metal jacket rounds really are armor piercing. I shot through an 8 in tree but not quite in th center. Cheap as dirt to.
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well got to work on bow today will get tiller pics up soon ;D
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here is the latest tiller pics almost to the short string
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