Saint Jude Auction Bow Build Along

[AZStickman]

Here's the start of a bow I'm building for the Tradgang Saint Judes Auction.... The stave is Osage from Timo's Century Tree and I'm shooting to bring it in at 66" ntn  pulling 55#@28"....Let's have fun ......   :D   .... Terry

  http://mail4.cableaz.com/~tpetko/auctionbow1.htm

[Madpigslayer]

cool Terry! that is a special tree

what is a wind check?


...And when is the auction again? I might wanna add something, too.

[Dano]

Nice piece of wood Terry, great job and great cause. Love these build-alongs.  

[AZStickman]

Here's the steps I took to establish the layout ....Next step will be to get her down to our starting thickness dimensions....Terry

 http://mail4.cableaz.com/~tpetko/auctionbow3.htm

[Linc]

Terry,Lookin good.That is one premium stave you have there.    Gunna be a dandy of a bow.

[AZStickman]

Now I've got the side profile established.... tomorrow we cut in the facets and get this thing starting to bend.....

 http://mail4.cableaz.com/~tpetko/auctionbow7.htm  

Yep this is one special stave indeed..... Calvin The growth ring that is kinda reddish in color is probably wind check....wind check is a growth ring that was stressed out from the wind blowing the tree and causing it to seperate up the length of the ring....I've never had any problem with it..... Gonzo and Habanero both had wind checks and they are hard hitting durable bows.....This one will probably be all worked out of the working limbs with some remaining in the fades and handle.... Basically the nonbending portions of the bow....... My hats off to the guys that do these build alongs on a regular basis.... I spent more time taking pics and putting this up on the computer today than I did building the bow.....  :D  ....Terry

[Steve]

Cool, Terry. You're a great guy. Steve

[the Ferret]

Terry figure 3 times longer to do a bow while doing a build along incl taking pics and posting to a website

I got to say though you take the best pics and the way you put them together is great!  

[B n Az]

Terry... lookin good!  You're making it look so easy and I like the pics and descriptions on the build-a-long.  I'm looking forward to following along.

Bobby

[Madpigslayer]

Geez Terry, in all the pictures you take, the sun is shining. very nice. I usually build in the dark, gets dark early up here in the winter.

[AZStickman]

Now we've got the facets established and get our first look at Floor tiller....

 http://mail4.cableaz.com/~tpetko/auctionbow8.htm  

Mickey... I take the pics and do the HTML but Debi is the graphic artist...    

Thanks Steve and Bobby.....
Calvin... I moved down here after living 13 years in Oregon and in the first month I felt like I'd had a years worth of sunshine.....  :D  .... Terry

[the Ferret]

Bow is looking good there Terry...could you take a pic from the end of the bow showing the facets? I think that would explain the process very well.

and I see you're wearing your Jawge tiller flage   :D

[Timo]

Terry, I don't remember that stave being that straight?

You got it looking good.

[AZStickman]

I've been a big fan of Jawges' tiller flage for years but I've kinda kept it in the closet....   :D    I'll see if I can get some better shots of the facets in the next series of pics...
Timo..... It always had good lines north and south..Just the little deflex I offset by clamping it to the form while it acclimated to Aridzona..... This stave is a beaut..... Terry

[AZStickman]

Mickey.....I modified the Facet pic to show them better........     .... Terry

[Brian Halbleib]

Looking great Terry, thanks for sharing. I particularly like the circle stencil you use for laying out the widths. I have a full length pattern for the majority of the bows I make but the circle stencil would come in handy for all the others. I commend your generosity to a good cause as well.

-Brian

[Chris R]

Great build along.  I like the tip of using a circle guage to mark your profile, I've always used either a rule or a compass, the genius of simplicity, gotta love it      

Chris

[AZStickman]

Chris and Brian..Using the circle to do your layout dimensions is something you'll find in Dean Torges' book "Hunting the Osage Bow"..... If you haven't done so already I'd highly recommend that you pick a copy up.....everything I'm doing here is either directly from Deans book or a mutated variation of his process.....Like the Facet tillering.....     ...Thanks for following along.. Terry

[Dano]

Great job Terry, I have been using a compass for layout    , but that stencil looks much easier. Thanks.  

[John Scifres]

Awesome job Terry!  I'm gonna go capture all the pics of Jawge's tillerflage on all us bowyers someday and put them on a single page.  Nah, the anti's would get a hold of it and use it against us