<P>Just thinking ahead to Winter (too darn hot now) but I still have a ton of osage laid up from the mammoth log I had sawmilled 5 years ago. When Winter comes I need to work some more planks into slats for backed bows. Was wondering if anyone has a surplus of hickory backing that would want to trade against very good osage slats ? Details can be worked out later, but anyone interested ? Osage I have, it's hickory I need. Might even consider bamboo for slats too.</P>
<P>Is you the muzzleloader afficianado, original bonafide Flinttim from way back? If so, I ain't see'd you in a hell of a spell son. Howdy. See if you can get w/ Tim Ott re: hickory lams. Had a bundle of them at Mojam. He posted recently on the bowyer forum. May have an email addy in his profile, or PM him thru this board. Good to see you still kickin' boy. Hope all is well.</P>
I'ze him David. Been around, just not posting a lot. Made quite a few bows in the meantime. Still on dial up and soon to go into the 22nd Century and cable modem. Maybe I'll post more then.<br> You know how it is, the older you get the more interests you obtain and soon you don't have time for all of them. Been restoring a 1948 Crosley automobile, building guns and bows.Guns and bows tend to become Winter projects, the rest of the time I'd rather be outdoors.<br> I've been watching from afar at some of the work out there and have to say, there's some real talent. Young'uns too, that good to see.<br>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; __styleDocument: [object]">Tim, I got alot of hickory still in board form that I could send ya.You gotta way to rip um down?</P><P style="MARGIN: 0px; __styleDocument: [object]"> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0px; __styleDocument: [object]">P.S. good to see ya here.
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Yea, I can handle that Tim. We'll get together on it once it cools a bit. No big hurry here. How's your lumber cut ? (size) I have a table saw and jointer. We have Hickory at the farm but our pignut up here is not all that clear and our shagbark is clear but mighty big for what I want. We do have some hophornbeam too, one tree about 18-20" diameter. I always thought it would make great backing if I could ever find one w/o twist.<br> I made the grandgirl a small r&d bow ala Torges, with sage belley and hhb backing. About 54" long , pulls 30 #. Always wanted to try a full size one with hickory back or hhb.<br>
<P>Tim, I can get it ripped out to 3/16" on the bandsaw,(saves alot of material) but you'll have to finish it down.The widest I have is 1 1/2". I'll go through it and pick out some good stuff.</P>
<P>Sounds good Tim. If you want to PM me we can work out the trade as far as how much for how much. I know how it is to ship slats, so cutting them to 64 " max would work for me. Dang post office can be a pain on long stuff. Once the weather breaks, I'll work up some osage. I have it planked to 1 &1/2 thereabouts, and just have to rip it up.</P>
<P>I use carpet tubes to ship staves and bows. If you cut one 68" and mail it priority mail, you will be under the 84" length and circumference total that is the max before they start tacking on balloon charges.</P>
<P>Eric, the ladies at the PO run and hide from me now.When I cut up some of this osage 5 years ago I sold some of it to guys on the message board. Was shipping quite a bit out (that turned into a JOB, not looking for that anymore) Anyway, I had it cut right to the limit of what the USPS would ship w/o extra charges. The lady would not even get her tape out but would say " Too long, extra charges apply". I'd argue with her until she actually measured it. This went on until every clerk there had run the Flinttim Gauntlet. Should have seen the time I tried to ship muzzleloader to a friend. I had the Postmaster himself cussing me- but I won !! You know if you don't know your job, you had better hope some smart ass like me doesn't know it better . LOL.</P>