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Title: Getting The Grocery List Together
Post by: ChristopherO on December 13, 2007, 09:09:00 PM
You folks along with the gents who wrote the Traditional Bower's Bibles 1 & 2 (those I've read so far) have motivated me this year to create my own bows.  Scrounging, working, cutting, drying, pounding and seperating has finally produced enough material to equipt a small army, or at least some friends and myself, a few wittled bows for this coming year.  I am currently using a couple board hickory bows and look forward to starting more of them and self bows, too.
 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/owenschr109/Archery%20Materials%202007/OsageStavesandHickoryStavesandBoard.jpg)
Not all of the chunks but a goodly pile to work with of osage and hickory.  The Ash is in the garage rafters.

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/owenschr109/Archery%20Materials%202007/Deerlegandbacksinew.jpg)
When I read the chapter on sinew I thought, "What idiot would take the time to do that when there is perfectly good fiberglass available?"  I answered my own question.  There is about 55 leg tendons there and 4 backs.  The two magazines are completely full of sinew threads, too.

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/owenschr109/Archery%20Materials%202007/RecurveJig.jpg)
This is a recurve jig I sawed out the other day for a future project.
I'm afraid I've caught the bug.
Title: Re: Getting The Grocery List Together
Post by: BMN on December 14, 2007, 12:21:00 PM
Looks like you should be busy for awhile. Have fun and make sure you post some of your creations.

Bill
Title: Re: Getting The Grocery List Together
Post by: John Scifres on December 14, 2007, 12:43:00 PM
:bigsmyl:
Title: Re: Getting The Grocery List Together
Post by: Shaun on December 14, 2007, 12:48:00 PM
Don't fight it - go with the flow. Its almost the time of year to start scraping and rasping. Have fun.