| From: bentstick54
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| Date: 27-Jan-24 |
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I’m not much for sitting around idle, so during last weeks single digit cold blast I spent a fair amount of time in my basement. I decided to pull out a 10 year old piece of Osage that I kept shoving to the back because it was pretty twisted, had a few knots and had a big twisted S-curl in the grain about the middle of the length. It was either going to be a bow or fire wood.
After getting it close to front profile and not quite to floor tiller I got the heat gun out. After 5 or 6 corrections, I started removing belly wood to get it bending. After a week of scraping, heat correcting, bending, and scraping some more, I finally coaxed a bow out of it.
I’ve shot 100 plus arrows off of it and it is holding up so far. 44#@28” 66”ntn Osage. Pictures to follow.
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| From: bentstick54
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| Date: 27-Jan-24 |
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Now I just need to find some snake skins to finish it off. Thanks for looking.
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| From: tradslinger
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| Date: 27-Jan-24 |
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Totally beautiful bow Brian, awesome save of what many would avoid totally. Way to make the cold your friend also and make a great Selfbow. Very Cool My Friend
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| From: smrobertson
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| Date: 27-Jan-24 |
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The tiller looks awesome. Craftsmanship all the way!
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| From: PA Bones
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| Date: 27-Jan-24 |
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Looks great! Very nice tiller. Should be a great shooting bow
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| From: Draven
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| Date: 27-Jan-24 |
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It looks great!
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| From: pleco
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| Date: 27-Jan-24 |
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Nice job. Congrats !
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| From: ephphatha
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| Date: 27-Jan-24 |
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That looks like a really well-tillered bow.
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| From: Burnsie
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| Date: 27-Jan-24 |
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Hi Brian, How big are the squares on the grid of your tiller board?
Thanks
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| From: bentstick54
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| Date: 27-Jan-24 |
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Thanks everyone. I wasn’t sure I could pull this one off. Hopefully it will stand the test of time. Burnsie, the squares are 4”x4”
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| From: Arvin
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| Date: 01-Feb-24 |
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I ell done once more! It’s a beauty!
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| From: PEARL DRUMS
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| Date: 01-Feb-24 |
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You definitely know how to make a self bow bend properly.
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| From: bentstick54
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| Date: 01-Feb-24 |
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Thanks Arvin and Chris. Some credit goes to Arvin for his advice on how aggressive I could get with dry heat corrections. Now I just need to find some snake skins for it.
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| From: Mike E
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| Date: 01-Feb-24 |
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Very nice, thanks for sharing.
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| From: JMartin
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| Date: 01-Feb-24 |
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I love it!
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| From: Wildhog
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| Date: 01-Feb-24 |
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Very nice Brian. How does it shoot?
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| From: 2 bears
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| Date: 01-Feb-24 |
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Very nice. I love snakey bows. >>>-----> Ken
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| From: bentstick54
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| Date: 01-Feb-24 |
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Wild hog, I’ve got 150 arrows through it at 10 yards in my basement so far. Wanting to make sure it doesn’t change tiller or worse, break, before I finish it. I took it out to the farm the other day when I went to pull a pop up blind, and shot 2 435 grain arrows through it and both were within steps of each other and I used a range finder and got 187 yards so I was pleasantly surprised with that. Definitely smoother than I would have thought, and quiet.
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| From: tcbow
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| Date: 01-Feb-24 |
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Damn, thats a great looking bow!Very nice work. I have yet to make a successful selfbow, now I am inspired to try again.
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| From: bowshot
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| Date: 11-Feb-24 |
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Nice tiller.
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 11-Feb-24 |
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Nice bend. Well done Brian.
Bjrogg
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| From: bentstick54
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| Date: 11-Feb-24 |
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Thanks Robert and Brian
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| From: MStyles
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| Date: 12-Feb-24 |
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Very impressive! Well done!
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| From: bentstick54
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| Date: 19-Feb-24 |
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Picked up a couple of Montana prairie rattler skins to finish it out. A couple more coats of truoil and a leather handle wrap and she’ll be ready for some 3d.
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 20-Feb-24 |
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Turned out sharp! Well done!
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 20-Feb-24 |
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Looks good Brian. Have fun at the 3-d shoots.
Bjrogg
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