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Offline El Destructo

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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2009, 08:51:27 pm »
                                                         Nice little Bow there....I like gnarly woods!!
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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2009, 04:07:22 am »
Hey I hate to rain on your parade, but a cool dude up here in Alaska, one Martin Farris, has been shooting his alder bow at our 3d tourneys for a couple years now.  The best part is the chant go go alder bow before each shot.  Hope this provide inspiation, and if  a cult following forms I am willing to ship genuine Alska alder by the plane load at a very reasonable price, it may make the sheep hunting a litytle less demandig.
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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2009, 04:10:41 am »
guess I shood uss speel chek aftur 5 rumncokes
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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #18 on: January 18, 2009, 07:15:52 am »
What kind of alder up there Granite? There is actually some pretty tough alder species.
Tag Alder isn't one of them but hey I will give it a try :)
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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #19 on: January 18, 2009, 09:40:34 am »
Some of my first bows I made years ago were from alder.  The trees grow fairly straight and they turn color over time. Alder does make a bow,but, the wood could use backing of cloth or soemthing. Its very light in weight once it is dried. I think it would make an excellent center core because it can offer mass without the extra weight. . .
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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #20 on: January 18, 2009, 11:33:42 am »
granite mtn

ifn you want to send me a piece i would love to try it

pm me and lets talk  ;D
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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #21 on: January 18, 2009, 12:17:14 pm »
Quote from: sailordad on January 18, 2009, 11:33:42 am
granite mtn

ifn you want to send me a piece i would love to try it

pm me and lets talk  ;D

Hey now Tim no poaching on my thread eh ;) :D
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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #22 on: January 18, 2009, 04:05:48 pm »
Quote from: stonecarver on January 11, 2009, 08:46:12 pm
Here is a link to one of the first bows I made and it is Alder, a year later and my boy is still shooting it :)
I loved working the wood it was like butter!
my Sitka Alder bow

Sitka Alder (Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata)
This tree ranges from California to to Alaska
Plants Profile A good description with pictures
Calflora information for California

Yup Alaskan Alder makes a nice bow!
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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #23 on: January 18, 2009, 06:01:46 pm »
Quote from: stonecarver on January 18, 2009, 04:05:48 pm
Quote from: stonecarver on January 11, 2009, 08:46:12 pm
Here is a link to one of the first bows I made and it is Alder, a year later and my boy is still shooting it :)
I loved working the wood it was like butter!
my Sitka Alder bow

Sitka Alder (Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata)
This tree ranges from California to to Alaska
Plants Profile A good description with pictures
Calflora information for California

Yup Alaskan Alder makes a nice bow!


Yea but what species???
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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #24 on: January 18, 2009, 10:07:16 pm »
Alnus viridis

It grows all over the West coast :)

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALVIS
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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder(Updated 2/14/09)
« Reply #25 on: February 14, 2009, 03:02:16 pm »
Haven't felt like messing with this one with it having been so dry but the humidity has been up for a few weeks
so I figured it was time to do a little work on it. Had to shorten it down to 61" as I found a cluster of little knots and
I felt they would cause the bow to break. So right now its floor tillered at 61" next I will cut some nocks in and
start tillering. Not sure if I'm going to get a shooter or not but if I do it will be light weight.

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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #26 on: February 14, 2009, 03:46:59 pm »
this is an alder bow I made, it broke when I overdrew it, sadly.
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/200885#reply-200885
I really liked the bow, so I was kinda upset. make the limbs wide and flat, it feels a little weak in tension, so rounding the belly a bit won't be too bad.
68" ntn, narrow handle, will give drawweights up to 70# I think, but not much more.

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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #27 on: February 14, 2009, 04:56:19 pm »
Nice bow nick, what kind of alder?
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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #28 on: February 15, 2009, 06:47:45 am »
thanks, it's common alder
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Re: Ya Gotta Be Crazy - Tag Alder
« Reply #29 on: February 16, 2009, 08:03:55 am »
Was hoping to get the nocks cut and start tillering it yesterday but never quite got around to it :o
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