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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves
« Reply #15 on: November 04, 2017, 10:21:39 am »
It's all firewood till you get it to shooting
Get a string on that thing, lets go times a waisting
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves
« Reply #16 on: November 04, 2017, 12:31:48 pm »
a few pics in progress 34# @ 17,, I figure if I draw it to 21 its gonna be bout 45,, I am shooting for 45# at 26,, I just wanted to get it bending real even before I stretch out the draw,, the stave had bark on, ,and had lots of live bugs I had to scrape off,, hatchet marks and tear out,, when I got throught the bugs there was not much wood left,,

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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves
« Reply #17 on: November 04, 2017, 12:33:36 pm »
more pics

Offline Bryce

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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves
« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2017, 12:37:18 pm »
The ugly ones see you pass them up everyday. So when you finally do decide to pick her up she'll make sure you see a bow.
Almost like women, aren't the uglier ones just a little bit better cooks? 😂😂😂
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves
« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2017, 12:38:29 pm »
you can see the check in the tip,, gonna need something there ,, overlay I think,,
here is the bow drawn to 17 inches,,I have a ways to go, but I think it gonna work,, I gonna draw it out to 45# and see how the tiller looks and start shooting it as I finish it up,, 62 nock to nock,,

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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves
« Reply #20 on: November 04, 2017, 12:46:52 pm »
Slide it through the table saw and slide some 1/16"-1/8" horn in the crack. Simson does it all the time. I'll try and find a photo.
« Last Edit: November 04, 2017, 01:04:03 pm by Bryce (Pinecone) »
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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves
« Reply #21 on: November 04, 2017, 12:50:57 pm »
great idea, will do, (SH)

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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves
« Reply #22 on: November 04, 2017, 01:03:25 pm »


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Offline Morgan

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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves, pics added
« Reply #23 on: November 04, 2017, 01:44:31 pm »
Looks like you’re definitely bringing the bend out of her. Is it bending in the middle at all? Hard for me to tell. I bet running a saw up the middle of the limb tip will enhance the pucker factor!

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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves, pics added
« Reply #24 on: November 04, 2017, 01:48:45 pm »
it is not bending much in middle,, I just went out and took wood off to get it bending a bit in the middle,,
and will see how it goes,,I am at 39#@20 inches,, was aiming for 45 at 26 ,, but maybe gonna drop to 40@ 26 in hopes of reducing set, I dont need a specific weight, but would like to hunt with it if it turns out,

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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves, pics added
« Reply #25 on: November 04, 2017, 02:19:31 pm »
40 lb & 6 strand FF will kill any thing you need to , not that ugly I was expecting some thing horrid , looking good !
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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves, pics added
« Reply #26 on: November 04, 2017, 02:25:52 pm »
well you didnt see when i started,,, it was almost firewood,,

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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves, pics added
« Reply #27 on: November 04, 2017, 02:33:28 pm »
At least yours is shooting from those fine staves from a trusted PA member  >:D
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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves, pics added
« Reply #28 on: November 05, 2017, 07:08:33 am »
It can be amazing how far those bores can bury into an old piece.Can be an adventure to see where they quit sometimes.Once in a while I get staves from former thoughts of others who harvest bow wood/want a bow at the time but don't follow through or their attention drifts and don't immediately reduce it to a shellacked stave.Setting there for 20+ years.Hard as a rock!!!I've traded all my really nice straight pristine staves away.Good straight stuff is mostly white woods.Just kept the twisted/bowed osage for myself.The good thing about that is those get some good old seasoned age on it before it gets worked on and I always like that.Nice bend on your bow already.
That insert into the crack does'nt neccessarily need to be horn either to function well.Just good mating of surfaces/fitting and good glue.
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Offline Greenriverwoodcraft

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Re: I love the nothing to lose staves, pics added
« Reply #29 on: November 05, 2017, 07:27:51 am »
I love knotty and twisted bows, they have that special "How the hell did you do that" quality