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Title: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Forwardhandle on December 24, 2018, 05:55:52 PM: I was thinking with the new year coming up it would be interesting to see what thoughts for bows being made by every body into the new year is ? mine are to perfect my stack thicknesses for carbon limbs & finish up a form design for making concave ACS type limbs with a working prototype ,also finish the composite horn bow I have been working on & off for the last 2 years ? Of course it depends on my work schedule , I would like to hear every body else's ?
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: monterey on December 24, 2018, 06:13:55 PM: I'm going to build a form for a kid bow and might scale it up to make parent/kid bows.
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Possum Head on December 24, 2018, 06:30:04 PM: Funny you should ask as thoughts been spinnin on hickory harvest and drying. I can recognize hickory all day long with the leaves on them but naked well I’ll have to try and without assurance I’ll wait til spring puts leaves on. I would like to get a jump on drying though. Will a heat box accelerate drying or is splitting and slow drying better? Next year will bring about my first hickory selfbow and I’m excited about it!

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Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Forwardhandle on December 24, 2018, 06:52:03 PM: A little off topic but we never go off topic around here...lol ,but if it was me I would wait tell well into late spring when sap wood is running and the bark peels off like card board ,I only ever did one winter hickory and it was a bear to get to the back with out damage , hickory can be ruffed into a bow and brought inside and keeped at 50% RH for a couple months usually good to make a bow like most white woods it has been my exsperience !
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Possum Head on December 24, 2018, 06:55:18 PM: Thanks that rules out my identification issue and will help with a better bow and still allows time for my 2019 endeavor

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Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: skeaterbait on December 24, 2018, 07:32:43 PM: I would just be happy to find enough time to expand my building experience. It seems there is always something getting in the way.
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: kennym on December 24, 2018, 08:22:28 PM: Maybe a re..re.. re.. ah never mind
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Crooked Stic on December 24, 2018, 09:30:18 PM: Kenny bout said it for me to except i have a --and ah Hmm :dunno:
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: wood carver 2 on December 24, 2018, 09:34:01 PM: I don’t normally make resolutions, however, in the new year I plan to work less overtime and get back to building bows.
I have a bamboo backed black palm longbow halfway tillered and a stack of risers cut out and waiting to become bows. Two of those risers are for recurves. I have yet to build a successful recurve.
Dave.
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: wood carver 2 on December 24, 2018, 09:41:41 PM: I didn’t see the posts before mine. I know the feeling. My last recurve was almost ready to shoot when it went off like a gunshot. I still haven’t found all the pieces.
Dave.
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Dannon on December 24, 2018, 09:43:47 PM: Definitely a takedown longbow and hopefully get another form made for a recurve. Of course one of KennyM ‘s forward handle bows may be in the near future!
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Flem on December 24, 2018, 11:23:11 PM: Looking forward to having some time in the new year play around with bow building. I've been collecting materials to experiment with shear planes/damping and uncoupling membranes.
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Bvas on December 24, 2018, 11:30:22 PM: I wanna try and squeeze another 5fps out of my 54” d/r without additional stacking. Also want to make myself a pair of evil step sister bows. Look alikes, but one 54” and one 60-60+”.
Lastly want to get some more Osage(and other bow wood)cut and drying. Got two farms to cut as much as I want. I have one tree in particular that is nice and straight that I want to cut for staves. Maybe someday a selfbow!!
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: DanishArcher on December 25, 2018, 04:12:43 AM: My New year's resolution is about learning and making my first glass bow. I've build some wood bows and will continue that, but what I really want to build is a HH style, a r/d and a recurve that shoots well and have the same materials used to build them. Then from there I'll see Which type I'll make a bunch of first. Another goal for me is to make 2 identical bows for my wedding in September. One for me and one for my wife!

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Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: monterey on December 25, 2018, 02:49:01 PM: Quote from: lignaphile on December 24, 2018, 11:23:11 PM
Looking forward to having some time in the new year play around with bow building. I've been collecting materials to experiment with shear planes/damping and uncoupling membranes.

I'm looking forward to learning what that means! :)

I might venture into a one piece recurve. I have a vintage bow coming soon that I want to recreate.
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Shredd on December 25, 2018, 09:54:59 PM: Finish a couple of these up and start selling the darn things...
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Roy from Pa on December 26, 2018, 08:19:00 AM: I made a form for a hybrid longbow.

Bought all the materials from Kenny and the form plans.

Spent weeks getting things lined up, tapered, etc.

Glued it all up and applied the air to the fire hose and put everything in the heat box and turned on the four 200 watt light bulbs.

Somehow, I forgot about it and the next day I see smoke billowing from the bow shop roof.

I go running out to the shop and the cans of denatured alcohol, acetone, and lacquer thinner started exploding.

The entire roof of the shop blew off..

Then I woke up, sat up in bed, and I was soaked with sweat and shaking like a leaf.

I looked out the window and the bow shop was fine.

Whew.......... Thanks God..

I'll never make another glass bow as long as I live!
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Forwardhandle on December 26, 2018, 08:31:41 AM: I quit smoking that stuff back in the 70s you should to :laughing:
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Shredd on December 26, 2018, 10:11:30 AM: OMG Roy.... Classic... LMAO....
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Crooked Stic on December 26, 2018, 10:47:51 AM: Hmm me thinks snorting too much yellow sawdust :scared:
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Buemaker on December 26, 2018, 05:30:56 PM: Shredd, wow you have been busy.
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Wolftrail on December 26, 2018, 06:58:22 PM: For me its all about the curves and the profile, and build the best possible wood bow laminate board or a selfie. :archer2:
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Crittergetter on December 26, 2018, 08:20:22 PM: I’ve got a few ideas rolling around in the otherwise empty noggin!
I’ve had a lot of requests for a short f/h longbow and I’ve been thinking about a 1 piece recurve. We will see if time allows.

But first and foremost I’m gonna build a new and much bigger bow shop!!
It’s amazing how fast a guy can run out of room!!
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: kennym on December 26, 2018, 08:33:09 PM: Randy , build it waaay bigger than you think you need. If you build it, stuff will come and fill it! :laughing:
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Crittergetter on December 26, 2018, 10:17:17 PM: No doubt!!!
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Shredd on December 26, 2018, 11:14:00 PM: Quote from: Buemaker on December 26, 2018, 05:30:56 PM
Shredd, wow you have been busy.

Yup... I think I have got this addiction...
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: yimbow on December 27, 2018, 10:25:10 PM: I have to call Kenny and get materials for a couple of carp shooters and a forward handle for me. I also have 3 guys(so far) that want to make longbows. They’re having a hard time making up their minds as far as what woods they want. I’m trying to save on shipping with one big order. Wish they’d hurry, but I know how they feel.
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: C. Johnson on December 28, 2018, 08:56:05 AM: I recently remarried and my wife and I found ourselves in the position of owning two houses. She had hers rented out, but now her tenants have moved out. As such, I am performing a lot of renovation and remodel work. Unfortunately, this has caused me to temporarily suspend bow building operations. Once I get her house ready, I'm going to sell mine since I'd rather have an inch off my di*k than be a landlord again. After this is done, I resolve to do the following things;

1. Pay off every debt the two of us have except for the mortgage.

2. Build a new, bigger and better shop and spend every free moment in it building bows.

3. Buy a new Ford F350 SuperDuty 4X4 with the turbodiesel.

These are my resolutions, bow building and otherwise, for 2019.
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: Forwardhandle on December 28, 2018, 10:47:38 AM: Glad to here your back Craig, I was wondering where you went pretty ambitious resolutions sounds like you got your hands full , the other one resolution I forgot to add to my list is building a 68" D/R I had the lams ground about a year ago been collecting dust sense my FH fetish took over but have all I need for it to go !
Title: Re: 2019 Bow Resolutions
Post by: C. Johnson on December 28, 2018, 11:39:43 AM: Quote from: Forwardhandle on December 28, 2018, 10:47:38 AM
Glad to here your back Craig, I was wondering where you went pretty ambitious resolutions sounds like you got your hands full , the other one resolution I forgot to add to my list is building a 68" D/R I had the lams ground about a year ago been collecting dust sense my FH fetish took over but have all I need for it to go !

Yes, it is ambitious. I should add that the only reason I (hopefully) will have the capital to make these resolutions reality is that I've been in my house nearly 20 years and have never touched the equity. I really, really, really want that pickup..... ;)