Elm Holmegaard build along...

Sparky · December 16, 2004, 07:12:00 PM

Thanks Don for putting up the pic's. MAN..you guys are setting the bar pretty high for me. I don't work well under pressure...just ask my Manager...

Nuttin tonight...gonna take my beautiful bride out to eat Fajitas.
Hopefully more tomorrow...

Sparky

Dano · December 16, 2004, 07:58:00 PM

Oh Man!! I love fajitas

Madpigslayer · December 17, 2004, 12:14:00 AM

MEEEEE 2!!!!

Bob Barnes · December 17, 2004, 07:29:00 AM

heck...if all of you yankees have finally learned to enjoy the finer foods, maybe we need to bring more beans and tortillas to mojam this year! ha ha.
Bob

Dano · December 17, 2004, 07:41:00 AM

I dunno about the beans, they are the magical fruit you know

Richard Saffold · December 17, 2004, 11:46:00 AM

"Magical", good one Dano, "Combustive" also applies to my friends who play with fire while eating beans. Thats one sexy bow Bob.

Texoma Felton · December 17, 2004, 04:42:00 PM

Dano I thank you mispelled that did you mean musical fruit?

Dano · December 17, 2004, 05:48:00 PM

Duh yep I did!!! Beans, Beans the more ya eat the more ya toot. Leave it to you to remember.

Sparky · December 18, 2004, 08:37:00 PM

Well...I got wood bending pretty good and in the right places, but it seems a bit wet to me. Not springin' back like I think it should. Gonna put her in the hotbox for a few days before I go any further.

Sparky

AZStickman · December 18, 2004, 08:52:00 PM

Man that side profile looks weird....I just got the hang of getting a bow to bend into the fades and you're tillering double fades on each limb....

Terry

Sparky · December 21, 2004, 06:28:00 PM

Got the nocks roughed in tonite. Got her braced, but it's off tiller so I quickly unstrung it. Gotta fix it before a pic but no time tonite...LOL. Still holding about a inch of reflex. Figger I lost close to 1/2" so far.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sparkylongbow/my_photos

Sparky

Dano · December 21, 2004, 06:46:00 PM

Nice lookin pin nocks Sparky, I like the Christmassie background, very cool. :D

Linc · December 21, 2004, 07:05:00 PM

I like those pin nocks.

Sparky · December 21, 2004, 08:12:00 PM

Thanks fellers. Boy this thing is fun to tiller. I little bit of wood removal goes a loooong way. Exercise the bejeeezers out of it too.
May have missed my tiller a lil' bit as far as keeping the tips stiff...we'll see...

Sparky

Dano · December 21, 2004, 08:18:00 PM

Do ya think leavin them stiff is a mistake, looks like you could loose alot of wieght in the long run.

Sparky · December 21, 2004, 08:24:00 PM

Dano,
I think the original intent was to combine stiffer tips and a circular tiller without having the unwantd string angle and resulting stack associated with circular tiller bows. They are still stiff...but just start to bend comming out of the outer transitions.

Sparky

Dano · December 21, 2004, 08:28:00 PM

Ah I see, it is like tillering x2, those tips will probably be hell.

Sparky · December 26, 2004, 05:49:00 PM

Well I got her braced and pretty well lined out today. I'm at #50 @ 28"...gotta inch to go. The wood has taken a little set on me, and in the place I figgered it would. About 1/2" so far. Shoots pretty good at half draw. still got to fine tune the tiller a little. Man this thing was a bugger for me to tiller. This was by far the hardest design for me to date.
Anyhow have a look if ya want...
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sparkylongbow/my_photos

Sparky

Linc · December 26, 2004, 05:55:00 PM

Sparky,Is the limb on the right starting to hinge a little in the area covered by a shadow? Kinda hard to make it out.

Sparky · December 26, 2004, 06:02:00 PM

I don't think so Link...it must be the shadow or the poor pic quality. I'll try to take a better shot.

Sparky