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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Cardboard_Duck on November 25, 2012, 08:35:48 am

Title: Bendy handled osage
Post by: Cardboard_Duck on November 25, 2012, 08:35:48 am: I have been working on this one for a while, it originally started it's life as a 68" Osage flatbow. I didn't like how it was turning out so I let it sit in the corner for a while, I picked it up and started cutting...

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8068/8215101313_58610b0e3b_z.jpg)

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8477/8216184744_6fa0a75cb6_z.jpg)

I cut it down to 60", and then to 58"... It is 1 inch wide at the handle and tapers to 1/2 inch wide at the tips. It tapers from 3/4 inch at the handle to about 7/16 at the tips. Right now it is pulling #50 @28"

This was my first experience with flipping tips and making my own string.
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on November 25, 2012, 09:20:27 am: Looks good and reminds me of my first static. Started and finished the same way.
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Post by: Arrowind on November 25, 2012, 09:31:03 am: Looks really good to me. Nice job!
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Post by: Gsulfridge on November 25, 2012, 09:41:05 am: Good job on that one! I hope to start my Osage bow soon. My first attempt at flipping tips ended suddenly (hickory). I'm contemplating a bendy handle. Nice bow there! What did you wrap the tips and handle with?
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Post by: Cardboard_Duck on November 25, 2012, 09:46:22 am: Thanks

The handle is twisted jute and the tips are wrapped with black sinew. I don't think I am going to put a finish on it though...
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Post by: spyder1958 on November 25, 2012, 12:22:39 pm: Very nice, good looking bendy. Thanks for sharing. Graylan
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Post by: JW_Halverson on November 25, 2012, 05:03:50 pm: Only one fault....I didn't make it! But then I am known to covet perfect bows.

Good work, Ducky.
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Post by: Badly Bent on November 25, 2012, 05:06:49 pm: Very nice lines on that bow and a great bend. You got a nice one there!
Greg
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Post by: Dictionary on November 25, 2012, 05:39:01 pm: perfect tiller
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Post by: Cameroo on November 25, 2012, 06:27:38 pm: Nice curves on that one, it turned out well!
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Post by: Weylin on November 25, 2012, 07:12:36 pm: Nice looking bow, perfect tiller!
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Post by: paulsemp on November 25, 2012, 07:49:15 pm: One sweet looking bow
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Post by: Numunuu on November 26, 2012, 04:41:30 pm: I am building a bow just like that one. 1 in wide in the handle but tapering to 3/8 at the tips. This is my first bendy handle and I am loving it. If possible could you take a pic of what setup you used to bend the tips. I have never done this before but am planning to on the current build. Any tips you have would be great, I am pretty nervous about bending them. Thanks.
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Post by: uncleduck on November 26, 2012, 07:29:14 pm: Nice one!
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Post by: Cardboard_Duck on November 26, 2012, 10:10:14 pm: Quote from: Numunuu on November 26, 2012, 04:41:30 pm
I am building a bow just like that one. 1 in wide in the handle but tapering to 3/8 at the tips. This is my first bendy handle and I am loving it. If possible could you take a pic of what setup you used to bend the tips. I have never done this before but am planning to on the current build. Any tips you have would be great, I am pretty nervous about bending them. Thanks.

Well this is my "ghetto" bending set up... I also used an aluminum strip in between the belly and the clamps to help keep splinters from popping up
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8486/8221775161_6b0d020c5b_z.jpg)

This was my first time flipping tips so take my advise lightly, but I did learn a couple things. Go SLOW when you are bending - heat it up really good and bend a little, more heat, then more bend and so on. I left them clamped until they were cool to the touch and that seemed to work out fine.

I think I went a little extreme on my tips, next time I won't bend them as much. I did end up with a couple of cracks but I filled them with CA glue and that's part of the reason for the wrapping of the tips.
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Post by: Prarie Bowyer on November 27, 2012, 12:31:35 am: LOVE it. The bendy handle bows are serriously under rated.
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Post by: Pappy on November 27, 2012, 08:05:04 am: Now that's a beauty,tiller looks prefect,very nice job on that one. :)
Pappy
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Post by: Knapper on November 27, 2012, 09:47:05 am: Beautiful Bow! Love the tiller and the tips :)
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Post by: lesken2011 on November 27, 2012, 07:45:30 pm: SWEET!! 8)
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Post by: Numunuu on November 28, 2012, 11:49:10 am: THANKS for the pictures and advice!! I am looking forward to trying this. Your bow came out awesome! Your post got me fired up to go work on my bow. Thanks again.
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Post by: rossfactor on November 28, 2012, 01:55:58 pm: Super nice bend.

Gabe
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Post by: SA on November 28, 2012, 06:16:31 pm: i'm diggin that one too! nice bend , nice looking bow!
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Post by: Cardboard_Duck on November 28, 2012, 06:47:31 pm: Thanks for the compliments :)

I really dig the bend-through-the-handle bows. This is my second, my first was a BBI that was bendy. I'm thinking of trying a short osage flatbow next.
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Post by: twilightandmist on November 29, 2012, 12:05:43 am: very nice work, sir!
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Post by: Prarie Bowyer on November 29, 2012, 02:33:35 am: Is that straight tapered from the handle at the widest part or is there a section of wider limbs? Give us a back shot?
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Post by: Cardboard_Duck on November 29, 2012, 07:57:00 am: (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8205/8229753926_bc92619a27_z.jpg)

Back shot. I marked the center and just tapered straight from there to the tips.
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Post by: Ben M on November 29, 2012, 01:29:03 pm: Slick, man! Very nice!
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Post by: JW_Halverson on November 29, 2012, 07:31:38 pm: You getting the sense that people in here approve of your bowbuilding?
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Post by: Prarie Bowyer on November 29, 2012, 08:01:18 pm: Yup.. I did one like that. Worked out well. the one I did with faces split at the fades. I like this design. And it goes pretty fast too.