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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: sulphur on January 07, 2010, 09:33:44 pm

Title: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: sulphur on January 07, 2010, 09:33:44 pm: just the facts. 66" ntn 52# @ 27" maple board bow in a pyramid design. 2" at the fades tapering to .5" tips. the overlays and riser are bocote and paduk. I used super glue to finish the oily woods before 3 coats of spare urethane. the maple is stained with a light walnut dye. Its been realy cold to shot outside but so far its doing great.
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Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: Okie on January 07, 2010, 10:09:34 pm: Looks like a good 'un. Nice job.
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: Keenan on January 07, 2010, 10:55:51 pm: Nice bow Sulphur, Looks like some very figured wood in the handle and tips. Tiller looks great, Congratulations
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 07, 2010, 10:59:36 pm: "Just the facts, Ma'am." ( Sgt Joe Friday-Dragnet) Nice bow, Sulphur and that is a fact. Well done. Jawge
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: Keenan on January 07, 2010, 11:06:09 pm: Quote from: George Tsoukalas on January 07, 2010, 10:59:36 pm
"Just the facts, Ma'am." ( Sgt Joe Friday-Dragnet) Nice bow, Sulphur and that is a fact. Well done. Jawge

Thanks Jawge I was trying to place where that was from ;D some of us are old enough to know ::)
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 08, 2010, 12:15:27 am: Jack Web was Joe Friday and Harry Morgan was his side kick, Keenan. Can't recall his name in the show. He went on to play Col Potter in Mash. Just looked it up. Morgan played Officer Bill Gannon. Great show. BTW there were 2 incarnations of that show. One was in the 50's and one in the 60's. I remember both. I'm old. :) Jawge
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: BigErn on January 08, 2010, 01:05:30 am: Great looking bow Sulphur,
Fixin to start that bow i was talking to you about!Just got to round up a couple of more tools.I'll probably be asking for HELP shortly!
Ernie
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: NTProf on January 08, 2010, 02:17:03 am: Beautiful! I love maple board bows.
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: Badger on January 08, 2010, 04:21:20 am: Nice bow, I have gotten to where I prefer a maple board over most anything anymore unless I just want to make a bow from a stave. Steve
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: Jmilbrandt on January 08, 2010, 04:27:59 am: Looks good. I really like the contrast of the three woods.
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: Pappy on January 08, 2010, 05:38:16 am: Bring back old memories Jawges :),Nice bow I love the wood combo.Nice work,looks like a keeper. :)
Pappy
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: NTProf on January 08, 2010, 10:44:55 am: Are the limbs tapered in thickness, or the same thickness from fades to tips (as pyramid bows are usually done)? Again, fantastic looking bow!
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 08, 2010, 10:49:56 am: Yup, Pappy. Thank God most of them are good memories! We used to sit together and watch Dragnet as a family while I was growing up (Did I?). Pardon my digression, Sulphur. Seems like you got this board bow making down pat. You do good work. Even better you seem to like passing it on. :) Jawge
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: DanaM on January 08, 2010, 11:53:14 am: Great looking bow sulphur, maple is a great bow wood eh :)
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: Blacktail on January 08, 2010, 12:30:16 pm: hey that is great...you cant go wrong with a board bow..i have a red oak board that i should get started on some time..john
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: sulphur on January 08, 2010, 10:54:25 pm: Ntprof- although my pyramids start out a uniform thickness, when tillering is done its a bit thinner as you get towards the tips. maybe like a 1/16 of an inch difference from fade to tip.
Jawge no problem, even i have seen dragnet (re-runs) today someone i work with brought up romper room and the electric company as shows he watched as a child. of course i watched them too. this guy has quite a lot of gray hair. not saying his age but i think he watched Dragnet too!! :o :o
Thanks for the comments guys. I tried to take a few weeks break, but just couldn't stand it!! what else can you do when its below freezing outside??
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: NTProf on January 09, 2010, 02:58:45 pm: Thanks, Sulphur, and again, beautiful bow!
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: brownhillboy on January 10, 2010, 11:10:32 am: Nice job Sulphur! I like maple too. You have a good looking bow there with those wood combos. Congratulations! :)
Title: Re: first of the Year- maple pyramid bow
Post by: OldBow on January 10, 2010, 04:50:27 pm: That is a nice bow. Wish I could shoot it. Wish I could shoot my new bow but there is too much snow around here. Got your neat weapon all bookmarked under January Self Bow for BOM, too.