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Typhoon Yolanda death toll jumps to 5,209 - NDRRMC
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MANILA, Philippines - The death toll from "Yolanda" jumped to 5,209 as of Friday evening, the chief of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said, as more bodies were accounted for two weeks since the super typhoon struck, hitting five regions.
For the hardest-hit Region 8 or Eastern Visayas alone, the number of fatalities now stands at 4,919, said Executive Director Eduardo del Rosario. He said the number of those injured swelled to 23,404 while the number of missing is 1,611. Del Rosario said the numbers could still increase.
The total fatality count is now twice the maximum estimate of 2,500 earlier announced by President Benigno Aquino III.
According to Del Rosario, the bodies recovered in the latest retrievals were more than 1,700.
He walked reporters through the central disaster agency's validation process, by way of explaining the jump in the fatality count: "These bodies were the ones recovered the last few days, which needed to be validated before being consolidated with the first batches."
"That's why I explained yesterday that the numbers for each town or city should come from the mayor's office and signed by their respective health officers," said Del Rosario.
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BOSTON -- With the colossal curtain fallen and quickly hauled off the stage, Kenny Chesney wasted no time dashing to the edge of the catwalk at Gillette Stadium near Boston on Saturday night (July 23).
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More electrified than awestruck, Chesney could likely have run to the far corner of the enormous football stadium for every song and still shown no sign of wear. Instead, he and his fellow entertainers -- Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Pat Green, Uncle Kracker and Blaine Larsen -- made it a point to give shoutouts to every section of fans, even the ones in the nosebleed seats.
After a rather lengthy video introduction, Chesney tapped into the crowd's energy with "Keg in the Closet" and squeezed as many songs as possible into the set list. Highlights included a dirty-dancin' duet with Gretchen Wilson on John Mellencamp's "Hurts So Good" and the Boston footage he incorporated into "Back Where I Come From." You just can't dispute your celebrity status anymore when they let you poke your head out of the scoreboard at Fenway Park.
Above all others, Chesney appeared to be having the best time ever, hesitating only to soak up the scenery. It's one thing to play a stadium on your home turf -- as he did in Knoxville, Tenn., in 2003 -- but quite another to not have a home field advantage. He did, however, namedrop the New England Patriots, which brought quite a roar -- only somewhat more raucous than when he asked, "Is anybody here from Rhode Island?"
Sweaty and grinning, Urban also had no qualms coming face-to-face with fans on the field. Those coming back from the beer line were occasionally stunned to look up and see him on the cusp of a corner platform, about an arm's length away from the aisle. Up close, there is no doubt he is one of the most capable guitarists in country music history -- and many would say the best looking. Pretty much every female radio personality from area country stations gushed over him from the stage, even when they were introducing someone else.
Sexy as he is, one gets the feeling Urban can completely lose himself in music, even lounging at home in slippers and sweatpants. His passionate reading of "Making Memories of Us" was dedicated to the lovers in the audience. The rest of them relished the extra special dose of bitterness he added to his rendering of "You'll Think of Me."
The clear, not-too-hot afternoon really got rolling when Wilson stepped out with "All Jacked Up." The song is brand new, the album is not out for two more months, and there is no video yet, but thousands of people already knew the words. Along with "Holdin' You (Holds Me Together)," she also had couples cuddling to the new song "Man With a Skoal Ring," a character to whom she heartily pledges her devotion.
Green's memorable hit "Wave on Wave" got the audience ready for Wilson's set, and before that, Uncle Kracker and Larsen provided two brief sets of country-inspired music -- one with an edge and the other with a twang.
All in all, the concert lasted seven hours, with another hour (or two) tacked on the end just to get out of the parking lot. Naturally, checking out the tailgaters is always part of the experience at a Chesney concert, whether it's admiring the small truck that doubles as a swimming pool or stumbling across an empty can of pineapple juice, which you'd probably never see at a Montgomery Gentry show.
To get in on the fun, Chesney cruised through the tailgaters on a three-wheeler before the show kicked off. Behold the power of mobile phones, as everybody whipped one out for either a picture or to shriek, "Oh, my God, I just saw Kenny Chesney!" And by the end of the night, his own adrenaline was clearly pumping just as heavily as his fans'.

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NEW MARKET -- After more than 70 years of cutting hair, one New Market barber has chosen to hang up the clippers.
James "Junior" Steptoe, 83, has worked at the same barbershop since he was a child, seemingly born with a comb in his hand. Following an injury sustained from a fall earlier this year, he decided to close the shop in May.
Steptoe's barbershop, formerly located at 9418 S. Congress St., was opened by his father in 1921. The shop was open six days a week starting at 8 a.m.
Steptoe learned to shine shoes at 10 years old and began giving haircuts not long afterward for 25 cents a customer. Before retiring in May, he was charging customers $7 per haircut.
After graduating from high school, he was drafted into the U.S. Army for the Korean War and returned to work full time at the barbershop when the war ended.
Steptoe, who now gets his hair cut by a friend in Harrisonburg, said he misses the people the most, including the regulars who would pop in every month.
"They would leave, go to college, and then they would come back and stop in to see you," he said. "They would go ahead to work and come back."
He's seen mayors come and go as customers in his shop, styles evolve from flattop cuts to long-haired coiffures, but he said one of the biggest changes has been the type of barber cutting the hair. These days, he said, female hairdressers are taking over the industry.
His wife, Martha, recounted when his sister tried barbering for two years.
"The men complained they did not want a woman touching them," she said. "Now it's the other way around, I guess."
Traditionally a magnet for socializing and town gossip, the barbershop has seen its role as a hub diminish over the years, Steptoe said.
He recalled the flood of customers that came in most Saturdays.
"That's when the farmers came to town and they would sell all day and they would talk to one another, but people don't wait anymore," he said. "So you don't get stories because people are in and out all the time and they don't wait long enough to tell their story."
Steptoe will be recognized for his years of service by the New Market Town Council at its meeting at 7:30 p.m. today.
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I am looking for some advice. I have been out of the comic book reading scene for awhile (an avid webcomic reader though) and am wondering if any one has some suggestions for some current series that are any good, or some classics that I may have missed. I have mostly read some smaller comics in the past (Red Star, Scurvy Dogs) but have read some more popular as well (x-men, spiderman, sandman). Any tips would be greatley appreciated. Thanks all.
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Tim Tebow at times looked very good last night. Tebow fans, you can pick your jaws off the ground now, because I said it. Tebow looked good at times. Especially when he gets in the open field. He adds another weapon that the Jets didn't have before, with his ability to run the football. When the pocket broke down, he ran the ball, and did it effectively. He led the team in rushing with 4 rushes for 34 yards. If the defense is going to rush Tebow, Rex is right, they had better get to him or he will be off and running. I said to many readers on Twitter yesterday that I will give Tim credit for what he does well. And run the ball, he does that very well.
Sorry, but there is a but here. Tim has to be more consistent throwing the football. Some of his throws were good, some were quite off. Even when he made completions, the throws weren't always great. His first throw, for example, the quick pass to Stephen Hill, was high. I don't know if a smaller receiver makes the catch. And the interception he gave up clearly shows he needs to improve at reading defenses. In this league, you cannot stare down your wide receivers. The linebacker didn't have a difficult time getting to Tim's pass, because he knew where it was going. That has to get better.
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by ViKo on July 10, 2014, @9:06 PM
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The playing of Tuesday's national championship game between Notre Dame and UConn will lead to the transition to next year when the programs play again in the regular season on Dec. 6 in South Bend.
And one of the key members of next year's UConn team will be freshman Kia Nurse, the standout Canadian point guard.
Ironcially, one of the Nurse's teammates on the Canadian national team last year – for whom she started at the point at age 17 – is Notre Dame's senior center, Natalie Achonwa, forced to miss the Final Four after injuring her ACL in the South Bend regional semfinal.
"I just know she's very tenacious and she's very high-energy," Achonwa said of Nurse. "I only played with her for the first time last year. So I just know off the court she's a really good person and this summer I'm excited to see what she'll do for Canada and that might give you guys [UConn fans] a better insight."
Meanwhile, Nurse is not in Nashville this week due to tournament games at home. But she said Monday she can not wait for next season.
"I am extremely excited for the girls and I wish them the best of luck [Tuesday]," Nurse said. "I know they have worked hard to prepare for this upcoming game all year and I am pumped to watch them compete. I am also very excited for the upcoming year, and hope to have the same opportunity to win a National Championship! I can't wait to be a part of such an outstanding program."
This is also an exciting time for UConn's other three incoming freshman, Courtney Ekmark, Gabby Williams and Sadie Edwards.
"The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about the game is that I wish I were playing," Ekmark said Monday. These games are the reason you work so hard and the reason you come to UConn.I think the game is awesome for women's college basketball and women's sports in general. Millions will be watching and the game will be well played between two smart and skilled teams who play an appealing style of passing basketball.
"You have to respect the season that Notre Dame has had. They have good kids who are well-coached. Any time a team has a run like they have been on you will have a rivalry develop with UConn because we are always at the top.As far as a prediction, I think the philosophy at UConn is to just do what we do and play the right way. If we take care of that, the opposition will be irrelevant."
Edwards, who began her career at Mercy of Middletown and completed her prep career at Blair [N.J.], has been impressed the force that Final Four has created.
"The energy in the gym at the final four was almost palpable," Edwards said. " It's so amazing to me how loyal Connecticut fans are. They are always willing to make the trip to whenever Uconn is playing to support both the men's and women's program. It's incredibly exciting to think that by this time next year that could be me, playing in the Final Four for the greatest program in women's history.
"It's really just an honor and a blessing. The way they go to war with each other and ride for each other on the floor is just special. I'm really honored to be able to be a part of such an amazing program and I can't wait to get there and get to work. "


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Jameis Winston was accused of shoplifting crab legs from a Florida Publix supermarket today, but that might not tell the whole story. FSU fans are coming forward with first hand eyewitness accounts of what actually happened to Jameis Winston in the Tallahassee Publix.
"You should have seen how that crab was dressed, It was clearly asking for it," said one FSU fan. "Publix is known around these parts as a goshdarn cleat chasing grocery store!" exclaimed another fan proudly dressed in an FSU shirsey. Yet another fan, known only as Bobby, stated "this is all a conspiracy set in motion by Alabama, I hear this grocery store is owned by an Alabama Alumni."
Many in the FSU community believe that this is just another case of a promising young athlete being brought down by a crab with bad intentions. It's become common for young crabs to attach themselves to athletes early on in college in hope of a big NFL payday. A good warning sign that a crab might be interested in you is when you see it pinch it's claws and walk sideways.
It's not just fans that are rallying to the defense of Jameis Winston. Winston apparently wasn't alone in the grocery store, he was accompanied by his friend Gorton. "The crab had been doing shots all night, it was totally into it. I took a video on my phone that proves all this, but I deleted it," explained Gorton.
Among all these legal issues one question continues to be the most important to FSU fans… "What about the Heisman? Can he still win that?" a clearly upset fan asked.
Seafood expert Long John Silver, had this to say "Jamies don't even like crab legs, arrrrggh. At least not from a store like Publix, arrrrgh. I stand with Jamies, arrrrggh" (Of Note: Mr. Silver only has one leg to stand on, as his other is a peg.)
Lightly Buzzed did reach out to the crab for a comment through it's attorney, but received nothing back… because it's a damn crab. One thing is certain, the crab was wearing a very provocative shade of red in the frozen foods section.
When asked if the state of Florida would be pursuing any charges against Jamies Winston, the district attorney Willie Meggs stated that he is awaiting the results of a DNA test run on the butter sauce before making any decision.
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I'd like to connect border shape with a point which is few milimeters above flat surface (see fig 1,2) but I do not want to do it as it was presented on fig.3
it should be connected smoothly, something as it was presented on fig 4 & 5 if you know what I mean
it should like a fragment of a really big ball which part of surface is smoothly fading down
how to set advanced extrusion options? I can not figure it out
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Is this closer to what you are looking for?
What you need is loft, not extrude.
Take a look at my attached file. You might need to do another extrude afterwards, to cut away some overhanging stuff, but this should give you an idea of how to do what you're trying to accomplish.
that was fast, thanks! i'm checking
My computer is busy thinking about a whole bunch of things right now, so I don't really have anything better to do for a few minutes.
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it should like a fragment of a really big ball....
If it is really part of a spherical ball, then I would Thicken/Offset a trimmed Revolved Surface rather than do a Loft.
There are a number of surfacing tutorials in my signature.
Most of them except the Vacuum Tutorial are a little out of date.
"If it is really part of a spherical ball, then I would Thicken/Offset a trimmed Revolved"
can you extend it a little bit because Loft option is not completely satisfying me regarding this shape?
If you are asking for my help you will have to attach an ipt file here.
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ok, here's a file
sphere constraint should be where the point is (on additional plane)
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Telecom firms see opening of Pandora's box with SC order
The Supreme Court order Thursday that the national auditor CAG can audit telecom operators could open a Pandora's box and lead to similar demand in other industries, unhappy service providers said.
"Yes, whatever judgment Supreme Court has given to us we will abide by it. But it has certain other connotations which we should be aware of. This judgment has no precedence and any company that contributes to the Consolidated Fund of India is liable to audit by the CAG. This is opening of Pandora's box," Ashok Sud, secretary general, Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) - the CDMA operators association - told IANS.
An apex court bench headed by Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan upheld a Delhi High Court order that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) can audit the revenue receipts of telecom operators.
Companies and individuals contribute to the Consolidated Fund of India by paying in the form of taxes and royalties. Any under-reporting will result in a loss of revenue to the exchequer.
"There are immense long-term implications. As it is, the Department of Telecom has the right to conduct special audit if they wish to, and now CAG is the third provision," he added.
Justice Radhakrishnan said the CAG audit was needed to ensure parliamentary control over the use of natural resources which exclusively rest with the government and are given for use to private operators.
Rajan S Mathews, director general, Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) - the GSM body - said: "We have two concerns. Firstly, multiple audits by multiple agencies (DoT, TRAI, TERM, SEBI and now CAG), increasing the costs and time to operators."
"Secondly, increasing the scope of CAG to private entities. By the logic of the court, every tax payer should also be subject to audit by the CAG, in addition to the IT department. This ruling will become a larger issue for corporate India and not just mobile operators," he added.
The Supreme Court passed the order over petitions filed by both AUSPI and COAI challenging the Jan 6 Delhi High Court verdict which had given the go ahead to the CAG to audit telecom companies' accounts.
"Industry is definitely not happy with the situation and that is the reason it went to the Supreme Court. We already pay a chunk of our earnings to the government. Recently the spectrum auction got completed and most of the operators have bought airwaves. Now if we cannot keep a margin for all these stringent rules, the burden will be passed on to the subscribers," an industry source said.
Private telecom companies are required to pay three to eight percent of their revenue as spectrum usage charges, depending on how much spectrum they use. The companies are also required to pay to the government six to eight percent of their revenue as licence fees.
The government this February mopped up Rs.61,162.22 crore in the second generation (2G) spectrum auction in 900 MHz and 1,800 MHz airwaves.
Eight mobile phone service providers took part in the auction that began Feb 3 for 46 MHz in 900 MHz band and 385 MHz in 1,800 MHz band. The service providers who took part in the auction are Reliance Communications, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Telewings, Aircel, Tata Teleservices and Idea Cellular.
Mahesh Uppal, director of telecom consultancy firm Com First, told IANS that "not all operators will be equally impacted from this decision but implementation will remain a concern since it involves billions of dollars of revenues of around 200 licences over 22 service areas".
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For close to 5000 years, ancient texts have proclaimed the benefits of consuming holy basil or tulsi. Holy basil is currently used in over 300 medical treatments and numerous benefits have been published. Here are some of the holy basil benefits:
- Overall Health – Because the herb has a high anti-oxidant content, is anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and anti-viral, it is widely used to treat a variety of conditions and is promoted for every day use to promote a long life and wellness. It also boosts immunity and acts as an anti-inflammatory agent producing overall wellness. Every day use is encouraged to prevent infections and other illness. This translates into reduced arthritis pain and headaches. It also creates less inflammation in the lungs and respiratory tract. Combined with its expectorant qualities, tulsi becomes as highly effective treatment for asthma, allergies, respiratory infections, croup and cough.
- Supports the Cardiovascular system – Tulsi has several qualities that help the cardiovascular system. First it is a blood thinner, which is effective in reducing the risk of stroke. In addition, it effectively lowers cholesterol and triglyceride levels, which lowers the risk of heart attack. It also lowers the heart rate and helps purify the blood. It cleanses the liver, which further cleanses the blood to remove impurities, and supports the proper cardiovascular support. The combination of these qualities reduces the risk of heart disease.
- Balances the amount of insulin in the body – One of the largest impacts that tulsi has had is in the realm of blood sugar and diabetes. It nourishes the pancreas, which in turn generates healthy beta cells that produce the body's insulin. Since insulin lowers blood sugar, it has provided an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes.
- Provides Anti-aging abilities - It hydrates the skin and is able to treat skin conditions and chronic dry skin. It reduces the physiological effects of aging and works as an anti-aging treatment.
- Neutralizes the effects of bio-chemicals – Holy basil works in conjunction with extreme medical treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation. It is effective in treating radiation and other types of poisoning. It is also effective in reducing free radical damage, such as sun damage, and from pollution and pesticides. Laboratory tests have also shown its potential to treat cancerous cells.
- Stress Reducer – One of the most publicized effects of the holy basil plant is its effects on stress. It acts as an adaptogen, increasing the body's ability to adapt to difficult circumstances. It reduces cortisol in the body and helps in the absorption of neurotransmitters in the brain to reduce the effects of stress, as well as improve stamina and memory. Tulsi also promotes emotional balance. As such, it has been effectively used to treat depression, ADHD, ADD, bi-polar disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome and other stress induced illnesses.


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3 months since I heard your voice..since you took your last breath…3 months since my life changed forever.
It's been two months since we talked. Two months…
How did I survive these last couple months without you? Am I surviving? I'm breathing..but my heart is gone. It's always been yours and I'm afraid it always will be. You're in my dreams all the time. Sometimes they're not so good, involving unresolved issues. Most of the time they're pleasant, with your kisses and hugs. I remember the way your arms felt as I stroked them as you put your hand in my lap. I remember your scent. I hold our blanket, "wolfy," as I sleep at night pretending it is our cuddles. That's why you held on to wolfy, because it was me when I wasn't around.
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Come enjoy the peaceful beauty of Kentucky Lake. Our house -- The Gathering Place -- is the ideal place to spend time with friends and family, whether you're grilling, eating, fishing, swimming, boating, lounging, playing games, sharing stories, laughing, or resting.
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How may I best reuse a legacy assemlby and it's drawing to create/update to an vairant assembly?
Not quite sure I get what you are trying to do, might be that I haven't had my coffee yet this morning.
But have you attempted to do a "save as" to the new folder location?
Are you wanting changes in the assembly to be reflected in other associated assemblies?
Are you using Vault?
Not using the Vault. I have an "top-level" assemlby that has three "sub-asseblies" that are nothing more than a variant of one another. In other words, same parts in differnt locations and rather than building it three times and detailing the its drawing, I'd like to reuse the 1st build sub-assemlby and save it that has both shared parts and ones that only change in their length. Under the File Save As there's a "Pack and Go" but I can't get it to go. :/
I might just do a Save-Copy As and then just edit each assembly. Possible a screen capture to understand what you are trying to accomplish might help.
I can make a number of completely different assemblies using the same part arranged different ways in each assembly using 4 simple domino tiles all the same tile
1.) long row, end to end
2.) short row, side to side
3.) flat surface, 2 up and 2 across
4.) hollow box
5.) stacked pile
I would want a new drawing for each one
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Jackson Hole was isolated by its surrounding mountains and had such a harsh climate that it was one of the last areas of the lower 48 states to be settled. Homesteaders came here, mainly from Idaho, beginning in the late 1880s. Most early settlement in the valley took place in the south, or on a few scattered areas with fertile soil on the east side of the Snake River. Menor was alone on the west side of the Snake for more than ten years.
Rivers are often important transportation corridors. However, the Snake River was a natural barrier that divided the valley. In dry months the river could be forded safely in several locations, but during periods of high water even the most reliable fords were impassable. After 1894, Menor's Ferry became the main crossing in the central part of Jackson Hole. Residents crossed on the ferry to hunt, gather berries and mushrooms, and cut timber at the foot of the mountains.
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This started out as a build along, but then I realized that the bow was becoming a big pain in my butt so I'm just going through the process to build a simple self bow. So here's a quick run down of how to build a simple selfbow bow:
That's it. Now I'll walk you through with some more detail and pictures.
StepÝ I start by cutting a straight, knot free hickory tree (hickory being my favorite local wood- but please see "Bow Woods" for a better selection). I cut out a six foot section and removed the bark without harming the outside layer of wood. The outside layer of wood is going to be the back of the bow, and needs to be intact. Splitting it in half to get a nice clean stave to work with (if not two or more). You'll want to make sure that with white wood bows, unless you're going to back them, that the outter layer of wood is uniform and undamaged. The final bow will be much more durable that way.
Step 2 Once the nice, pretty stave is acquired, I go about laying out the profile.
For length: for most normal draws, between 64" and 70" overall is usually the best compromise of speed, durability, and ease of construction. For my 29.5" draw, I prefer bows that wind up between 65" and 69" between the nocks. Longer bows store more energy and are more stable, shorter bows have a better dry fire speed (efficiency) and require less wood and materials.
For width: If a bow is 2" at the widest part of the limbs, it will be able to tolerate a draw up to the specific gravity (if the SG is .55, the bow will be about 55#, if it's .8, the bow will be about 80#, etc.). With hickory being .7 to .75, I opt to go for full width. Lighter draw would be narrowed to 1 3/4" or even 1 1/2" for lighter bows with dense woods. You can use just about any wood if you adjust width accordingly.
Handle: This depends on your taste. I make my bows with a 4 1/2" long handle and 2 1/2" long fades. The wider it is, the more weight for stability but the harder to hold. I like 1" or so wide. For depth, 1 3/4" is the AMO standard, but a deeper handle allows for more wood to work with and a smaller handle allows less stress with a lower overall brace height. The more wood you have to work with on depth, the more stable you can make the bow. Fun part about wood bows is you can make them however you want (at least however physics will allow). Now, the most crucial part of the handle is the fades, the transition from the handle to the limbs. Your thickness must transition as your width changes. Same time. No final limb thickness ending before final width. This will be a blow up. The fades are not part of the handle, and shouldn't be treated as such. They are the transition from the handle, to the limbs. That is their function. As the handle starts to thin, it should become wider. Once it reaches limb thickness, it should be full width. A longer fade looks nicer and is easier to do. A shorter fades leaves more limb for work, but at the same time is under more stress. If you're using lumber, make sure that you make your handle a little wider than normal, and that the section of board under the riser block is thicker than the limbs!!!
----I want to take a quick moment to talk about D bows. These are bows that don't have a thicker, narrowed handle, but bend their entire length. This is the kind of bow you see Native Americans shooting in old paintings or the bow Robin Hood would have used. These bows are under alot less stress. Naturally, they're more narrow (usually 1 1/2" or less) and can be made shorter. If you have a splinter of a stave or need a really short bow, these are usually the way to go. Some folks find them a little harder to hold, being thin and wider, but they make great hutning bows. Made from dense woods or backed with sinew, they can be made as narrow as 1", so arrows will react the same from them as they would from stiff handled bows. Ipe, especially laminated with hickory or bamboo, Osage, juniper (especially sinew backed), elm, locust, yew, etc. all make great little D bows in a short order. I usually start my D bows at 1 1/2" wide over the full length, usually winding up about 1 1/4" to 1 3/8" in the middle 10-24". For thickness, start 3/4" in the middle tapering to about 5/8" thick at the tips. This is pretty thick for a short bow, so for shorter weapons you can reduce that 1/8" the entire length, or even 1/4" thinner if necessary. Bending these bows to make them reflexed, reflex-deflex, or whatever else can make these bows perfrom exceptionally well or make them very short and stand very long draws. So if ever you have a small good stave that you don't know what to do with, don't forget the simple D bow.----
I start with the width when I'm roughing out a bow. Not only do I bring it close to the final dimensions, but I also make sure the sides are flush and parallel. This provides a flat surface to draw out the final thickness on too. Thickness is adjusted for tillering, but normally I lay out a pyramid-ish flatbow with 1/2" thick the entire length of the limbs. You'll have a stout weapon here, but after removing wood from the inner section you should still have enough thickness to narrow the tips while keeping them stiff.
If the wood is dry and sound, this should yield a stout weapon, even more so if the belly is tempered or the bow is backed with sinew. Starting out with a dense wood or plenty of width will help make sure you have plenty of weight and don't come out too light.
Another benefit to having the limbs so thin and wide is that now the bow will dry much faster. A sharp cutting tool like a hatchet or drawknife will cut through green wood like a hot knife through butter. Putting the almost final dimensions bow in a hot box or out in the sun and wind at that point will allow the stave to dry much faster. Woods like hickory and elm are great for this, but Osage, locust, and mulberry should be sealed with shellac to prevent checking. You can go from tree to bow in about a month or two, rather than having to wait a year or more for the entire stave to dry before working it.
Thickness should be drawn out and roughed in, and constantly monitored by running your fingers along the length. You want a smooth, even taper without high or low spots. If you can achieve that, you're on the right track for a durable, well tillered bow. Low spots are what break bows and make kids bows from what would have been a hunting bow. Avoid them!
Step 3 At this point, it's wet and ready for drying. Being roughed very close to final dimensions and debarked, the bow blank will dry very fast. Before we get to drying let's go back over what we have:
A hardwood flatbow. As long as you can make it for the given situation, maybe a little longer in case you want/need to shorten it later (let's assume
I use a hot box, which is just a plywood bow that's six feet long, one foot square, with three 60 Watt bulbs and an emergency foil blanket lining. Placed in there, I leave it for about a month to dry out. Nothing fancy. A moisture meter would do well to help check, but I don't like the stupid little prong marks. You can weigh it, watching until after a week it won't lose anymore weight, but I don't have such an accurate scale that reads in that range, or you can do what I do: watch the wood. Dry wood isn't as good as seasoned wood, so it won't be perfect, but dry wood will react to files, rasps, and drawknives just like seasoned wood. The stave will be much lighter in the hand, and won't want to stay bent if you give the limbs a big bend and hold them there for a little while (likewise, the limbs will be very stiff compared to when you started). Once it appears to reach this point, an extra week will be enough to make sure. Any time more than that and you're safe. Hickory works best at this, and most white woods work well, but be sure that if you use such an aggresive drying method with a softer wood, that you allow a few days to a week to make sure it's not too dry.
Step 4 With the stave thus dried, you can feel safe in narrowing the outer limbs, adjusting for any twisting you can at this point. Try not to move the tips too far to one side and lose thickness as a result if your stave has a high crown. Starting in the middle of the limb, I tapered straight from 2" wide six to eight inches from the fades down to about 3/8" at the tip. You can see that it's starting to really look like a bow at this point!
Step 5 With the bow roughed out and ready to be made into a working weapon, this is the point where I usually straighten it out and induce bend. You'll want to start by floor tillering, that is, pushing the tips of the bow against the floor one at a time to watch for stiff spots (scraped down) or stiff limbs (entire limb scraped down). To induce bend you can either steam it or use a heat gun, or grease the bow up and bend it over a fire (very effective by the way!) Since my bows are a bit heavy and long for that, I like the heat gun. Below is a reflex-deflex form, just two blocks screwed onto a 2x4 with clamps. Very simple. You'll want to bend it slightly past where you'll want it to end up.
To steam a bow, put a put of water on to boil, place the suspect spot on top of it, and cover with tin foil. Allow to steam for 30 minutes to an hour, with more time for more extreme bends or thicker wood. It's really simple. Once it's steamed, immediately clamp it down and let it sit for a day or so.
R/D bowReflex tips
You can temper now or after you've tillered the bow, but I'll tell you how to temper now. Before I tempered using a heat gun, but that eventually killed the poor thing. Now I use a hot plate. Positiong the tillered bow about 1" or so from the plate set on high, I carefully watch it as I let the heat rise up and harden the belly. You want the belly to turn a dark brown and the back to become too hot to touch (don't worry about a little smoke, that's normal.) It normally takes about thirty minutes to an hour per limb, so don't start if you don't have the time to devote to it. You can also suspend the bow over bed of hardwood coals, primitive style, which works well once you get used to it. For my best tempering results I tiller the bow out and make sure it's at the weight I want and then temper before shooting the bow in, but many have built exellent bows tempering earlier (say before tillering). I'd make sure the limbs are at least even with the long string however.
Back to the bow. At this point, once I take it off the form, I file it down so the edges of the back and belly are smooth and rounded. I remove the tool marks now, while the weight is still high and I can afford to do so. The sooner it starts looking like a bow, the sooner I start babying it. I also round the handle off, unless it's not deep enough for the kind of handle I want, where I'd have to glue something on to build it out. Usually getting it looking nice before serious tillering is the easiest way to make sure you don't lose alot of draw weight afterwards when you start sanding more seriously. If the wood is flawed and needs more securtiy, you can glue on a cloth or rawhide backing at this point. Such bows cannot be tempered afterwards though.
On to the tiller. For nocks I cut pin nocks, which is just making a small shoulder at an angle to hold the string. Since I hate to make nocks, this was perfect.You'd be surpised how narrow a little shoulder you need to actually hold a string tight on the limbs.
Now, for tillering.I start by floor tillering, which is just bending the bow tips against the floor to feel how heavy the limbs are and to watch for stiff or weak spots. Using a string long enough to put on the nocks without bending the bow and a tillering stick (a 2x4 with a notch to hold the bow and notched on the sides to hold the string). I also use a second string to simulate a bow string and make it easier to see the difference in bends. Small bends at first. What I'm shooting for is smooth, even bend with no hinges and the top limb a tiny bit weaker than the bottom one. Three under shooters will want the limbs closer to even. If you got it close in floor tillering (which is good reason to go slow and carefully), it should already be pretty darn close!
Starting with the long string, begin to bend the limbs toward brace height. Mark stiff spots and file the limbs down at that point (same goes for thick spots, file them down too.) This is pretty simple, and if you play it by thickness as much as by appearence (your eyes can play tricks!), you'll wind up with a very nice bend in a short time. Go slow. A second string to simulate a bowstring will help. Likewise, as long as you're not trusting your eyes, mark 10" and 20" from the ends of the handle onto the limbs. Measure from these marks to the simulated bow string. Compare the limbs to each other using these marks. I like 1/8" to 1/4" difference in my bows, with the stiffer limb on the bottom. Likewise, if a bow has a longer limb, I like that to be the top.
Once you reach what would be brace height, brace it up. If it's too strong to brace, evenly file down the whole limbs (actually, you can leave the tips thicker/stiffer for a better shooting bow later). The first brace is usually the best time to make sure the bow isn't too heavy. Overstressing the bow this early will cause lots of set or even failure. Once it's braced, continue tiller just as you had before until the braced bow is now drawing to about 16".
At this point, you'll want to start using a scale to tiller for "No Set Tillering". Mark thick spots, but don't file them yet. Instead, pull the bow, with a scale, to 16" and read the weight. Now let it down and pull it to 17". Check the weight and let it down. Draw again to 16". Is the weight the same as it was before? If not, then unstring and remove wood from the high spots you marked. Now, mark any spots left and redo this exercise. If the weight at 16" remains the same, let down and redraw to 18". Let down and check at 16".
Keep doing this, taking it one inch farther each time and then rechecking the weight at 16". Any time the bow starts losing poundage, touch up stiff spots or stiff limbs. If the limbs are perfeclty balanced (keep an eye on that too), but still losing weight, then the wood isn't dense/elastic enough to withstand that weight. File the whole limbs down. A little weight loss isn't bad, and is actually expected, but more than 3#-4# is not so good.
Once you reach full draw, check your weight and shoot it a little. If it's lighter, or you're intending to temper it anyway, I'd do that before shooting. Temper your bow and let it sit to rehydrate. Gently ease it back to full draw, even going through the tillering stick if you have to. Shoot it some, making sure to note the amount of handshock and the draw weight. If the bow starts losing weight (which, if you followed the "No Set Tillering" properly, it shouldn't) then chuck it back in the hot box immediately and let it dry out. moisture is a jerk about causing set.
Step 6 Time to fine tune that bow. Handshock is the result of a bow that has too-heavy tips. Narrow them short of causing them to bend too much. My favorite nock size is a little under 5/16", even on bows going up to 75#. Don't just look at the tips, but the entire outer third of the limbs. File the sides down until you start seeing a concave or "Eiffel Tower" taper to the tips. Go as light as stiffness and taste permits. Most longbows have a little bump, however, so don't expect too little handshock at first.
Another thing to do now is to adjust the arrow pass thickness. If you have a very narrow handle, there's not much you can do, but wider handles allow a little variation (except D bows, these cannot be narrowed muc at all). I like to narrow mine to the point where a bareshafted arrow matching the rest will shoot straight to the center of the target at 20 yards or so. Sorta like adjusting the rest on a compound or fiberglass recurve.
Once your bow is done and shooting, you may find the weight is still not what you want. If it's light, your best option is to shorten the bow. I don't like flat bows shorter than 64" nock to nock unless I use a thin bublous handle, so I don't have alot of room to shorten usually, but removing 2-4" from each limb can boost weight considerably, if you started off long enough to do so. Another option is to shorten it, and then back it with sinew. A shortened, sinew-reflexed bow can draw 5-25# more than it had before, depending on how much you shortened it. The reflex and sinew should help the now shorter bow store a similiar amount of energy. Tempered bows, yew bows, ipe bows, and Osage bows stand piking (shortenning) better than others.
Sometimes wood or bows just don't work out. At times bad wood just won't work, and you get alot of string follow (distance the tips sit back of the straight plane, towards the archer). Likewise, at times we're just in a hurry or not paying attention, or jsut starting and don't know any better. If you get less than 2" of string follow, you can consider this bow a success. If you 1" of string follow or less, you can consider the bow a grand success! Lower brace heights, longer and wider limbs, tempering and more careful tillering all lower set (total amount of unbraced tip movement). If you start out with reflex, and end up with reflex, success! Watch for wet wood and tiller carefully, and you should have no issue making a good bow.
Step 7 For finish, wood stains, leather alcohol dies, and various paints or backings can be used to spruce up a bow. I like Minwax wood stains (ebony and walnut being my favorite). Three coats usually produce a beautiful finish. You can use cut in shelves if you like, which should be cut after tillering, or use a glue on shelf of leather, cork, wood, or antler. Leather is my favorite. For finishes, Tru Oil, Spar Urethane, and more flexible Polyurethanes all make excellent finishes. Many thin coats are better than just a few thick coats. Shellac is also an excellent finish.
A new finish I've started to enjoy using is paraffin. Paraffin is canning wax and can be found at any store that carries masonry jars. Paraffin requires that the bow be bare, as anilines will bleed through and stains will seal the wax off. Just heat the bow up (like in a hot box) and melt the wax into the bow with a heat gun. When the bow will drink no more, let it cool. Rub off the excess. Paraffin takes almost little time to apply, no time to dry, is very cheap, easy to use, and is extremely effective at preventing moisture from causing trouble. Up keep should be maintained by using a paste made by dissolving paraffin shavings in lighter fluid.
Once the bow is finished and dry, I let my bows sit braced for four to eight hours. After that, I unstring them and check the string follow. If there's not alot of set at this point, at least no more or only slightly more than it had accumulated during tillering, I let it sit for half an hour or so and check the draw weight. This is the weight and draw length I write on the limb.
Handle grips, limb wraps, strike plates and decorations can be completely up to you. Whatever suits your fancy. I like leather grips and jute cord wraps, and occasionally drawing or adding limb wraps. Snakeskins are attractive, and lots of faux pattern materials available from fabric stores can make a bow extra special. Whatever looks nice to you. If you want snakeskins, those are best applied before the finish, same with sinew. Sinew bows are especially susceptible to moisture, so snake or fish skin covers are usually best for protection.
There you have it! For more info, look into The Traditional Bowyer's Bibles vol. 1-4 and Primitive Archer Magazine and primitivearcher.com. Also feel free to email me wth questions. Good luck!!!