Well this started with these turtle shells I have been finding on these bridge jobs I'm working on here in OK. I saw someone else made a turtle shell quiver somewhere here or on the PA site. These are to big for my turkey calls I make. So here we go. John

I'll pick one of these two. John

Since this is an experiment I'll use the roughest one. I broke the shell apart to pinch the top closed as tight as I can. Then the bottom will cantilever open a little more. John

Reconstruct the bottom.

Time for some R&D of the armature layout. John

The shell is back together. I want the design similar to the ones Twisted Limbs sells for Creek Walker Trading. John

Four arrows should be fine, though I like five for hunting. 3 broadheads, small game head (38 cal) and a target tip. John

Designed a form/pattern on ACAD. All radius and tangent points flow pretty good. John

Cut & sanded.

Waxed and ready for lams & glue up. John

Had some pallet wood that some stone came in on. Mahogany is the dark one and not sure what the quilted one is. I cut & sanded the wood approximately .093 thick. Soaked in warm water and wrapped in a towel till flexible.

Glue up with TBIII

Clamp in form till dry. All for tonight. Thanks for watching. John

John im watching pal,,,great idea

Coool :-) JF

Looks interesting, stoner.

That quilted wood is beautiful! Hard to believe it was from a pallet! Neat quiver idea. Looking forward to the rest of this build.

Well outta the form

Matches up to the pattern alright but, got a little gap on the 2.50 radius at the bottom. Don't think it will effect anything because it's not under stress like a bow limb. I can always fill with epoxy...or not. Like I said just an experimental piece. Next time either put a cushion between the form and laminations or just strap down with bicycle inner tubes. John

Standing by for more pics...looks great so far.

T4

Looks interesting!!

Very cool! I'll be watching.

This fellow was a little grumpy when our paths crossed pumping water under a bridge. So he donated his hide for the cause. John

split the hide

Decided to use the belly crawlers

Looking good, Waiting and watching.

-Bones

File the edges off

tape and pull off scales

Decided to use polyurethane for the finish instead of Truoil

Glued together and another coat of finish

decided to cut 1-1/2" off

looks better

Pretty interesting. Looking forward to more. Thanks, Jim

What did you secure the shell to the wood with?

-Bones

That is a unique and very functional quiver. Thanks for the build a long. Great job.

That is damn cool, and I want one.

Pa Steve - Secured the shell with Locktite 5 minute epoxy

Trying to make this with as natural of materials as possible. So I'm trying some vegetable tanned leather.

Going for five arrows

Top, middle & bottom

Place pattern on top and transfer holes

Dry fit and center line one arrow slot for a assembly locator

I didn't like how thick it came out. So I decided to skive the top and bottom. Next time maybe two middle pieces and thin buckskin on the top and bottom. Or thin the armature to the thickness of one slice of vegetable leather. Like I said this is only a prototype, learn as you go kinda project. John

Glue up

Gonna be sweet!

Looks cool stoner

Love this thread! Can't wait for the next set of photos!

Coohool :-) JF

WOW !!! Really great project, can't wait till it's all done. There are some talented people here!

Put on the belt sander to square up. John

Bevel corners so I can burnish the edge

Drill holes @ 0.344 diameter. I figure this is a little tight ,but will wear with time.

cut at 15 degrees R & L of center of the hole

Stained

And the drum roll please ... for a dry run assembly

That's awesome and unique. Looks like a lot of thought into it. JF

That's really cool. NOW, How to attach it to the bow?

-Bones

That is very good work sir

Looking forward to seeing it on your bow, very cool workmanship

Very nice. Did you put something in the shell to secure the arrows? Lance

Nice!

That's a very nice looking quiver. Thanks for sharing the build along. Bjrogg

LOOKING GOOD SIR !!!! Can't wait till she's finished!

That's pretty slick. Very crafty, looked fun as heck to me. Any guess on its weight with arrows?

Stitched with artificial sinew. I made a elk bone hairpipe bead. Raw turquoise I found in AZ. and drilled through. Wind hair tassel. John

Knifeguy this is what I found at Wally World to seat the arrows.

Stick an arrow in it to see if it will secure them.

PD the quiver weighs 8oz. without arrows and 16oz. with my maple arrows.

Cut to a rough size

Thanks. That answers that! Well done. I'm looking forward to seeing it on a bow. Lance

Put the yoga block on its side and looks like I could get two outta one. Or maybe four outta one block.

Shape to look like a turtle.

Well this is what happens when you get greedy and try to conserve or get more than you have out of something.

Stuffed a wafer in to fill the gap.

Hind sight is always 20/20. The smart thing to do back in the beginning would be to put the yoga block in before I glued the shell back together for a nice tight fit. Back then I didn't know what I would use for a block. Though now I can always take out and replace when worn out.

Splits but holds arrows very secure. Can inject some glue to bond the block.

Darken the block with a black paint marker

Beautiful work John! Very cool quiver

Looks Great!!

Very nice

More elk bone for the pins

Made another hairpipe but no hole

Cut in half

Drill , tape & glue

Nice work John, you are very talented!

Wanted to use leather but couldn't quite figure how to wrap, strap & buckle with the convent on and off the bow. Didn't want Velcro because of noise. So I found this rubber on a job site. John

Cut 1" wide strips.

Punched holes and wrapped.

Well bad news it hits the limb on my snakey selfbow.

Plenty of clearance on a straight limb bow though.

John, How thick does the foam need to be? I have some black etha/target foam leftovers, if it will work I will send you a piece. Can you but an extra thickness or two of the rubber on the top mount? That should clear the limb.>>>----> Ken

I did not like the thick rubber, so thought about bicycle inner tube.

Too stretchy, set up for failure.

1/8" too thick

0.03125 bicycle too thin.

Make that 0.029..... Found a inner tube in the shop from our dump truck. 0.063 works perfect. Thanks for coming along for the ride. That's all folks. John

2 bears thanks for the offer on the foam, let me ponder that for a while. Don't know if I want to change this one out yet, but I do have another shell for a second quiver.

As far as the spacer goes, that would work for this one.

Beautiful. You are an artist. Lance

That is one of the coolest quivers I've ever seen. You are very talented. Thanks for the build a long.

Really enjoyed this build along. Very beautiful quiver and very well documented build along. Thanks for taking the time to show us. Bjrogg

That's just plain Krazy Kool :-) JF

Great build along!!

Double Wow! That's slicker than a mule in a brier patch.

Thanks for taking us along. I enjoyed it. Great job. Jim

Thanks for the build-a-long, This was way to cool.

-Bones

Great imagination and craftsmanship John! I like it!

Damn, that's nice!

Great buildalong! Very cool quiver!

Made it look eeeeeeeasy!

I'd love to have one of those, and I don't even like bow-quivers!

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