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Offline Taxus brevifolia

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This should work until I can buy a stavemaster

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Re: Poor man's stavemaster. It's the "Stave Enslaver"! $30 build
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2018, 09:30:25 pm »
Good Job! Round the corners and smooth the edges on the seat, and don’t leave it outside – should serve you well for a “lot” of bows. Sure beats what the Indians had!
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Offline Taxus brevifolia

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Re: Poor man's stavemaster. It's the "Stave Enslaver"! $30 build
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2018, 10:06:17 pm »
Yeah definitely beats lashing the stave to a log and scraping it with rocks

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Re: Poor man's stavemaster. It's the "Stave Enslaver"! $30 build
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2018, 12:29:42 pm »
Might try to find you an old tractor/lawn mower seat for added comfort - unless, of course you leave in the hot sun for a while!  How about a build along pattern, and a load list?  Looks very functional!
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Re: Poor man's stavemaster. It's the "Stave Enslaver"! $30 build
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2018, 12:56:15 pm »
Might try to find you an old tractor/lawn mower seat for added comfort - unless, of course you leave in the hot sun for a while!  How about a build along pattern, and a load list?  Looks very functional!
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Re: Poor man's stavemaster. It's the "Stave Enslaver"! $30 build
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2018, 11:45:15 pm »
I'll drink to that!  And a cooler under the seat!
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Offline Taxus brevifolia

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Re: Poor man's stavemaster. It's the "Stave Enslaver"! $30 build
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2018, 05:33:23 am »
Oh a cooler attachment yes I hadn't thought of that!
I don't know about a build along pattern, but if you Google "shave horse from 2x4's I bet you'll find the video I based this on. Basically, make the bench then make a "head" for the kind of work you do. You could make different heads, switch them fairly easily.
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Re: Poor man's stavemaster. It's the "Stave Enslaver"! $30 build
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2018, 09:05:46 am »
I attached a tin can to mine with a beer coozie, works great.
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Re: Poor man's stavemaster. It's the "Stave Enslaver"! $30 build
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2018, 01:20:18 am »
Is there a reason seat for the bow is at angle instead of parallel?

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Re: Poor man's stavemaster. It's the "Stave Enslaver"! $30 build
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2018, 03:34:03 am »
that's really nice and look functional  :OK
I'd add a crossbar between the rear legs for improved strength

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Re: Poor man's stavemaster. It's the "Stave Enslaver"! $30 build
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2018, 11:25:11 am »
One of those might be easier on the old hips and back!  Next time, that HF has a sale, I am picking up more floor mats to spread around the bow bench!  After I clean all the stuff out of the way, and reorganize thins a bit better!  Make the little lady happier!  On the other hand, it may upset the "garage troll" >:D.  As interesting as building the bench was, making one of these should be a good tale!
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Re: Poor man's stavemaster. It's the "Stave Enslaver"! $30 build
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2018, 12:22:50 pm »
Filip, I don't know why the angle, that's how it was done in the examples I followed. Seems to put the workpiece into right place to get worked on! All angles are 22½ or 90 degrees

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Re: Poor man's stavemaster. It's the "Stave Enslaver"! $30 build
« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2018, 12:24:27 pm »
Glis yes I may add a crossbar. Seems solid for now though, there's a fairly substantial board on the end there.