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in reply to: Projects #174891

A couple of other projects I’ve got going are this little Osage selfbow.  It will make a kid bow if I can get that skinny tip built up.

One of my cousins who is more like a brother asked if I would make him a light draw weight bow.  I loaned him a bamboo backed Osage to play with and started thinking about what to make.  I decided to use Curly Tiger Maple laminations with a Hickory core covered with .040 clear glass.  For a long time I have pondered on what to do to give this a special touch and it finally came to me.  He has always been a Beagle fan and has three of them so I made some riser overlays and set them up in my laser engraver.

The Curly Tiger Maple and Hickory

The back of the riser Overlay.

The belly overlay.

After final tillering and measuring the final draw weight I’ll laser engrave those specs just below the squirrel.

Now I have to clean up the pile of stuff off my workbench.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going On 2026 #174846

That sounds like a pretty dangerous situation.  The Hoar frost we have had around here is just the spiky looking frost on stuff.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going On 2026 #174838

I looked at the pictures and just thought you had a pet wolf at first.  I had about 4″ of snow about a month ago and that’s the most here all winter.

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in reply to: Smith Cobra Broadhead ???? #174801

I remember seeing some of those but don’t remember where.

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in reply to: Anyone Into Gold Melting and Archery? #174799

I’m just a crude amateur Raymond.  I have done some knapping but my wrists just won’t let me do it.  The next day after doi8ng any of it I can barely move my hands.

I also have done a LOT of lead casting through the years making bullets, jig heads, and fishing sinkers.

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in reply to: Smith Cobra Broadhead ???? #174785

I’ve never heard of them Richard and like you said a search only showed mechanical heads.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going On 2026 #174653

7* this morning with a -10* wind chill.  We got about 3″ of snow from Friday night until this morning.  Thankfully we were lucky and didn’t get any ice this time.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going On 2026 #173161

I think winter is finally setting in here in SE Ks.  22* right now with a stiff northerly wind.  I used to work for the big electric company here as a substation journeyman and was out in this stuff every day and a lot of stormy nights.  Before I retired I was used to the cold.  Now I’m glad I don’t have to be out in it.

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in reply to: Anyone Into Gold Melting and Archery? #173106

Sorry for the late reply Richard.

Most knappers refer to that as an Ishi stick.  It will give you a little more leverage on forming the flake then you use a smaller tip for the fine finish.

Here’s some of my tools.  I have some longer ‘sticks’ that I made from Delrin plastic.  All of the flakers have a copper tip and the black ones have an allen wrench screwed into the back end to use replacing the copper tip.

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in reply to: Yea Robin !!!! #173094

Yes! Thank you.  Very glad to see it back.

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in reply to: Whatcha Got Going On 2026 #173072

Today’s project is going to be installing an electric fence barrier around the bird feeder.  The squirrels will get on it and sit for over an hour and eat all the bird seed.

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in reply to: Happy New Year 2026 #173038

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!

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in reply to: Anyone Into Gold Melting and Archery? #173009

I’ve got a nephew that does aluminum and brass casting.  He built his own furnace and if I decide I need yet another hobby I can use his rig.

As for archery I build my own gear.  Only thing I haven’t done yet is knap my own points.  My wrists won’t hold up to it.

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #172834

A massive sweet gum tree was planted on a hill in Cades Cove in the Smokly Mtns byGolman Myers on Dec 7, 1941 in recognition of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  In the past 84 years it has grown to over 60 feet tall.  While the Myers farm and home on the site are long gone, Myers Patriotic gesture lives on.

I heard about this tree a few years ago but never knew how to find it.  A few months back I saw a youtube video where a guy pointed out the spot in Cades Cove.  There is a small pull over just big enough for one car that is marked by a large rock.  There are no signs showing where it is.  A short up the hill and you are there.

I am planning to go back to the Smoky Mtns again next year and ride my bike through the Cades Cove loop (11 miles) and place a flag in honor of my dad, uncle, and aunt who all served in the Pacific theater.

https://imgur.com/a/EVCJxqd

For some reason I can’t get a photo to post

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in reply to: 2025 is Here. Whatcha Got Going? #172763

Congrats on a great hunt.

I used to chase turkeys here every season but the numbers have dropped considerably.  Now seeing a turkey is a chance encounter.

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