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Bows / Re: Short staves- draw length and draw weight trade off

« Last post by jameswoodmot on Today at 01:11:45 pm »

Too slow I did it anyway

One heat treated elm/ black locust stave.

I’m have zero investment in this, I might work but I’m not 100% about the backing strip, got a pin knot in it that I didn’t realise until I was flexing up was on the back side of the strip not the belly side as I had intended for it to be. Just got mixed up.
Glueing with cascamite and I scraped the mating surfaces with a hacksaw blade.

I use silicon spray on the bed of the thickness planer, I ran the glue surface over the belt sander and then scraped and then cleaned with isopropyl. Silicone spray is possible the worst thing for a glue joint so I hope I got it all!

The new elm stave is going to need some work to get it straight

Bows / Re: 2025 Junior Bow Trade

« Last post by stuckinthemud on Today at 12:58:22 pm »

Big thankyou to Aaron for going above and beyond, all the loose ends are tied up, so, please PM me to confirm your shipping addresses and we'll be good to go.

Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects

« Last post by loefflerchuck on Today at 12:56:56 pm »

I love the hickory. You may get a first appearance record with that bow. 46# may be 50# in the Utah desert. I always have plans to make a few new bows every year for the shoot. Last few years I’ve been busy and time got away and I show up with one new one a year. I’m going with old school hybrid designs in my near future. Short and strained. Like Sleek, I’m also going for the 400 yard goal and 300 with broadhead over records right now. I’m just going with different designs than Kevin.

Bows / Re: Short staves- draw length and draw weight trade off

« Last post by jameswoodmot on Today at 12:16:21 pm »

Couldn’t help myself, got a slat of black locust cut and planed. Any reason that’s a terrible idea?

I’ve also cut another piece of elm, a little shorter than the original, to continue with the plan. I’ll just not be heat treating it with gas 😂

Shooting and Hunting / Re: First deer with my Osage bow

« Last post by bentstick54 on Today at 10:55:48 am »

Great buck. Congrats on a great shot.

Bows / Re: Short staves- draw length and draw weight trade off

« Last post by jameswoodmot on Today at 10:34:55 am »

Well, that didn’t last long! I’ve been trying to get this gas burner heat treating method sorted but it’s being a real pain. There are so many variable to getting it set up I’m finding it hard to work out how long to cook stuff. Also, with small diameter staves there is that gap where the back can get cooked.

I started with these western red cedar slats. Smelt like a sauna until it smelt like a burning sauna. They didn’t last long.

I had the burner on the ground and then realised at ground level there are all sorts of gusts and breezes blowing the glaze around.

Then I lifted the whole thing up and balanced it on various things. (Which is what I was trying to avoid) and then it worked better.

Then I cooked it all the way through!

Ive decrowned it as I wanted to see if it was the hot air getting to the back or if it was cooked through and it looks like a combination of both.

Just cooking the other limb to match now.

I’ll back it, options are; Ash, bamboo, sinew. What do you reckon?don’t think the bamboo will work without deflexing it in the middle.

The last photo is of the decrowned back
. The photo of the burner is just when I set it up, it was about 6” away in the end

I’ll get this thing sorted one day. I think I need a larger burner with more hole, there or four rows, and less flame per each hole.

Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good

« Last post by Pappy on Today at 10:15:17 am »

Thanks Pat, always seem to have trouble getting on there for some reason, it will go smooth for a while then WAM , I can't ,so I appreciate you doing it very much.