Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: dwardo on March 28, 2014, 05:40:08 pm
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Not that it needs an excuse to go off in the bottle mind.
Few sneak pics until I get a new bottle and finish it up. Its only a light one at around 45 and from a lumpy twist but straight bit of yew. Its been "fun" for want of a better word but an education. Tiller isn't the best but lots of compromises made.
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/Bow%20making/P1010050_zps2366dbd9.jpg)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/Bow%20making/IMAG4635_zps0fnpa0mt.jpg)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/Bow%20making/P1010070_zps99c9e0d5.jpg)
More to come :)
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what the h#@%, ya big tease :laugh:, look's like a fun stave, bub
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Bucket list kinda bow right there.
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what the h#@%, ya big tease :laugh:, look's like a fun stave, bub
+1
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Oooooo, yew just looks great with black horn.
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Hey Dwardo, I have the perfect solution for you, and it is soooooo easy. I'm sending you a p.m. with my personal mailing address. I have two never opened bottles of Tru-oil an I enjoy the process of hand finishing. Drop that sucker in the mail and I will lay a finish on it that will bring tears to your eyes.
(hehehe, he gonna cry when he finds out I ain't mailing it back!)
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Wiggly!
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Nice stave. Jawge
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Aye I bet that one was fun ;)
Try using white spirit to dilute it down and then strain the bits out. :)
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That's the reason I swapped over to liberons finishing oil, it's cheaper and doesn't go off as quick. Nice looking wiggly stick you have there mate!
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Yup, that what Yew is s'posed to look like :laugh:
Nice clean looking back on that :)
I love that stuff.
Del
(I'm always leavin' the damn lid off my Danish oil too >:( )
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Man that has some great squiggles going on gonna be a good lookin stick.
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Oh , you are supposed to put the lid on that stuff .
Nice looking stick! Cant wait to see it bending!
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Hi all took a few more pictures whilst me n boy were digging the garden over.
Its 68ntn, no idea what kind of bow it ended up,, elb, alb, but its all that was left after removing all the bad bits :) Holds an inch of reflex after two at most heated in. It has all sorts of twists and bumps which were a pain in the butz for sting alignment.
After many an adjustment it came in about 45@27, 67ntn. Bottom looks stiff I know but seems to shoot better that way. Lost a few lbs figuring that out, been a long time since I made a "long" bow. Horn overlays and Tru-oil. Sapwood was thinned to mostly one ring. No idea if it will get a handle or not yet :-\
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/yew%20wobbly/P1010078_zps1f69388f.jpg)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/yew%20wobbly/P1010104_zpsa532262b.jpg)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/yew%20wobbly/P1010084_zps64d1ee15.jpg)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/yew%20wobbly/P1010133_zps140bb17c.jpg)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/yew%20wobbly/P1010096_zps2fdc192f.jpg)
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Hey Dwardo, I have the perfect solution for you, and it is soooooo easy. I'm sending you a p.m. with my personal mailing address. I have two never opened bottles of Tru-oil an I enjoy the process of hand finishing. Drop that sucker in the mail and I will lay a finish on it that will bring tears to your eyes.
(hehehe, he gonna cry when he finds out I ain't mailing it back!)
Shame on you O:)
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DAYUM, that looks fine! :)
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Sweet bow!
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Aye I bet that one was fun ;)
Try using white spirit to dilute it down and then strain the bits out. :)
It was past lumpy last time I used it. :laugh:
Got a great tip from my local gunsmiths. He said only put a pin-prick in the inner bottle cap and then squeeze out as much as needed each time. I think this is the key. Guy has been repairing gunstocks for 60 years :)
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what the h#@%, ya big tease :laugh:, look's like a fun stave, bub
Certainly fun bub. ;)
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Looks like you managed to get a good bend out of it !
well done!
Hope you did not loose that arrow, it could get disastrous.
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That looks beautiful mate, well done! Leave it without a handle, much cooler that way!
Really fine work!
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Now thats the stuff dreams are made of! :)
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Very nice and good tip.
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Very cool bow there. Looks fantastic. Nice job. I really like the full draw shot, very nicely tillered :)
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Thanks slimbob, Matt,
Toomany knots, yeah horn always looks good with yew. Just used my last bits so need to sort some more.
Thanks lost arrow, Jawge, Nathan. Nathan we need to get some time to play bow making this summer.
Dell you cant beat that colour combo on yew. Will be much nicer ones its seen some sun and darkened a bit.
Thanks Ohma2,
Buckeye Guy, yeah gotta put the lid back on lol, its not cheap over here too, £6 fora tiny bottle.
Thanks Cameroo, toomanyknots,
Buckeye yeah the arrow at best would be straight through my glass door, at worse hit the gas bottle and blow me and the dog into thafter life.
THanks Wills, not idea about a handle yet but will probably leave it, others to build :)
MIsslemaster, Shamusrobert thanks. I think this tip will definately pay off.
IdahoMatt, I would have liked to thin the tips out more and change the tiller a bit but every where I looked it was just more knots and problems, any thinner and I would be cutting into a load of them :(
Hope i didnt miss anyone, was kinda rushed yesterday with the boy producing enough snot to open a small factory.
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well now that is a nice bend and a beautiful bow
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You nailed the tiller on that one. Sweet bow.
Patrick
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Very nice piece of yew. Tiller looks great to me.
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Wow, great work on that beauty Dwardo, looks just perfect.
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Wow :o awesome bow, nice tiller you got out of it. Love the tips
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Now that's a beauty! Love the rollercoaster character! Josh
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Thanks chaps means a lot from you lot.