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Bows / Re: Osage orange design?
« Last post by bentstick54 on February 12, 2026, 09:16:57 pm »Show us some photos of the backs with sapwood removed.
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Around the Campfire / Re: Life on the Farm
« Last post by bjrogg on February 12, 2026, 08:21:36 pm » I really enjoy processing meat to pappy. It’s really rewarding. You just can’t buy the breakfast pork sausage we make. It’s smoked in a smoke house that was my long past great uncle’s. It’s got to be around a hundred years old. It smoked all the sausage for our church dinners for many years.
I broke my old 30 lb stuffer doing the snack sticks. They push through the small tube a little hard and I stripped a few gears. If I could get the right parts I could fix it. It’s an old Cabela’s. My brother ordered a new one. I hope it lasts as long as the old one.
Bjrogg
I broke my old 30 lb stuffer doing the snack sticks. They push through the small tube a little hard and I stripped a few gears. If I could get the right parts I could fix it. It’s an old Cabela’s. My brother ordered a new one. I hope it lasts as long as the old one.
Bjrogg
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Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects
« Last post by RyanY on February 12, 2026, 08:11:55 pm »Every time I’ve hung out with Mike, he’s making poplar shafts. I forgot his PA name.
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Bows / Re: 2026 Junior Bow Trade sign up and trade thread
« Last post by stuckinthemud on February 12, 2026, 06:56:03 pm »Fantastic, that's already more than last year, this is going to be great!
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Flight Bows / Re: Flight Archery Projects
« Last post by JW_Halverson on February 12, 2026, 06:37:25 pm »I wish knoll would pop in here. He made nice shafts.
Bjrogg
Ryan, that would be Mike in our board bow admin group.
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Bows / Re: how to get more search results
« Last post by sleek on February 12, 2026, 03:56:30 pm »Thanks Tuomo that’ll sort the problem until it’s fixed!
Sleek thanks for letting me know, is there any way members can contribute financially?
Thanks for asking! The annual giveaway is the only fundraiser this site is doing and the fun part about it is, participation gets you enrolled to win
In the next 3 months my goal is to have all the magazines up on a pay wall that allowes donors to access the entire digital library of PA. 17
Bows / Re: Osage orange design?
« Last post by sleek on February 12, 2026, 03:51:24 pm »So, I've skinned three of the four quarters, and they all have some big checks coming in from either end. Don't know if I'm going to be able to get a flatbow out of these staves. What about an ELB? Does that design work with osage? Might be the best I can do.
Paint the entire back with a thinned out glue or paint, as well as the ends, and dont store it someplace hot. That will get your checks under control.
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Bows / Re: Osage orange design?
« Last post by TimBo on February 12, 2026, 03:29:31 pm »How far in do the checks go? Keep in mind that the tips will be pretty thin, so the checks may be gone before you get to the wider part of the limb. Are you still at 84"?
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Bows / Re: Osage orange design?
« Last post by WhistlingBadger on February 12, 2026, 02:35:43 pm »So, I've skinned three of the four quarters, and they all have some big checks coming in from either end. Don't know if I'm going to be able to get a flatbow out of these staves. What about an ELB? Does that design work with osage? Might be the best I can do.
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Bows / Re: HHB Flatbow 52# @ 27"
« Last post by WhistlingBadger on February 12, 2026, 02:33:25 pm »Ooooh, very pretty! I love the curves and the paint job!