Let's get this fired up!

Did a little forum browsing today after quite the hiatus...

It's too stinking cold here to get fired up. We have over 12 in. snow blazing 7 degrees.and weren't used to it 

Quote from: Crooked Stic on January 27, 2026, 04:43:29 AMIt's too stinking cold here to get fired up. We have over 12 in. snow blazing 7 degrees.and weren't used to it 

Ya you guys got a hell of a winter storm back east and it went clear to Texas in the south. it's going to hit 50 degrees this afternoon here today in Oregon. but it has been getting into the high 20's at night this last week. Next week back to rain again for us.

I'm just finishing up a set of 70# ILF limbs that has a twill carbon back. i used it right over the .040 glass and thought it would bump the poundage up a bit, but it didn't effect the draw weight at all compared to just using the same stack with .040 glass.      That sure seemed strange to me.   I ended up with 65# instead of 70#.

This happened two days ago but there was no post for it yet, ha.

Blew up a nice wonky character stave out of hawthorn. It was doing really well with tillering and bending mid limb nicely with very different rates of reflex per limb so it was tricky but going well.

was pulling under 50 at the 20 inch mark and i was interested in a 60 pound bow so i was routinely tillering down those last inches of draw. Well i was working the limbs between tillering and checking progress and BAM one of the pin knots on the front was in a cluster of three and they were about 2 inches off the fades.  Just a bit too stiff yet to bend there and it split the limb from fade to a few inches under the tip.

Happens once in a while,I am sometimes too impatient and too heavy on the bandsander with 36 grit paper.

.020 carbon twill adds no stiffness. Can count it as part of the stack. Kirk if you added it to the stack you are right should have done the same as adding .020. As part of c the stack no

Quote from: Crooked Stic on January 27, 2026, 07:31:07 PM.020 carbon twill adds no stiffness. Can count it as part of the stack. Kirk if you added it to the stack you are right should have done the same as adding .020. As part of c the stack no

Other carbon i've used always added a bit of draw weight to the same stack height. That's why it surprised me.

Bowyering is weird sometimes 

Quote from: Crooked Stic on January 29, 2026, 08:12:13 PMBowyering is weird sometimes 

Amen brutha..... Amen.

I loaded up 20 caulking tubes with EA 40 this morning. I buy mine in 2 gallon kits, and it fills 20 tubes almost perfectly. In the past i refilled the tubes that i have already used, but its a hassle getting the old plug out of the tubes undamaged. The new tubes are pretty cheap.

The cool part about doing this is that your epoxy has a longer shelf life and only see's the air twice before mixing. 1st time loading the tubes, & second time when you use it. It also makes it real easy to get your 2:1 mixing amounts. 2 pumps of A  to one pump of B.

Even if you buy your epoxy in smaller quantities, this is hands down the best way to dispense your epoxy without exposing the whole can to the air each time, and don't have to worry air born dust contaminating your epoxy.

If you want to try this yourself, the trick is cutting the tip of the tube off before filling them with a putty knife. that, and making sure the stuff is warm before doing it.   

Kirk i have seen you discuss this a few times and man i cant wait to try this out.  Ill get around to it on my next ea-40 purchase

Quote from: dbeaver on February 01, 2026, 03:52:14 PMKirk i have seen you discuss this a few times and man i cant wait to try this out.  Ill get around to it on my next ea-40 purchase

Once you give it a go, you'll be glad you did. The one thing I didn't mention was when you are using these caulking guns in warm weather, always put a piece of masking tape on the tip when you are done, and never hang them with the tip down. I made a hell of a mess learning that one a couple years ago.