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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bassman on September 24, 2019, 08:18:26 am

Title: More pics
Post by: bassman on September 24, 2019, 08:18:26 am

Here are more pics.

Title: Re: More pics
Post by: bassman on September 26, 2019, 04:44:57 pm

Both Elm staves. Reduced green, and put on forms, and left to dry in basement.

Title: Re: More pics
Post by: willie on September 27, 2019, 03:59:44 pm

looks like a nice set-up for a fast dry. Please post some similar pics when they are dry, (without the clamps) showing us the springback if any

Title: Re: More pics
Post by: bassman on September 27, 2019, 08:16:43 pm

OK, will do.

Title: Re: More pics
Post by: bassman on September 29, 2019, 04:26:03 pm

Here you go Willie.First pic is clamp free after heat treat. Very little spring back ,and no cracks. The second pic is 4 bows ready to tiller after Christmas with 2 to go.I will probably do 6 more like this before Christmas. Then I take my time getting them to finish. May take another year to get them all finished. I am 72 soon, and don't like working outside in the winter time. I have a super clean, well seasoned chunk of Osage that will  that will yield 2 bows if I want to build one of those from scratch.

Title: Re: More pics
Post by: bassman on September 29, 2019, 04:28:16 pm

Sorry it is the second pic.

Title: Re: More pics
Post by: bassman on September 29, 2019, 04:32:17 pm

First pic is the one's already done. 4 of them. I put the 1 that was on the form up their making a total of 4.