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I am currently building two takedown recurves with students in my shop class. We have done this a couple of times before and many students really seem to enjoy the process. I am going to post a few pics and will continue to update until we are finished.
Riser block that has been rough cut - Shedua, Osage and Pao Ferro.
Limb materials all laid out and ready to go. Boacote limbs under clear glass with an osage wedge.
My student applying glue to the laminations and getting ready for the lay up.
Applying the last bit of glue to the wedge and getting ready to go to the form.
Putting the limb in the form.
All laminations taped down and ready for the pressure strip and hose.
Everything in the form and ready to put the air to it.
My student placing the limb in our heat box and leaving it for the afternoon. The other limb will go in tomorrow.
I'll keep this updated everyday. This is such a great project for my students. We live in a very whitetail rich area of Illinois and everyone of my kids bowhunts. Hopefully, many will be using traditional equipment next season.
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insttech1, We are using a jig that I purchased from Bingham's to drill the holes in the riser blank and the limbs. It is a very simple process.
Thanks for the cudos. It is awesome that our administration and school board has the insight to see the value in such a project and allow us to build bows in shop class. My principal has aksed me today if he bought the materials could I have a student build him a takedown. Now that is awesome.
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I wish I could go back to High School with yall good luck! marco#78
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Letting the limb cool to room tempature. It will come out of the form at the end of the day.
Working on the riser while the limb is cooling. Riser work takes a while with only a rasp and sandpaper to do the job. As a precaution, I do not let them use a belt sander or drum sander on the riser. It has been my experience that it is too easy to take off too much wood before you realize that you have gone to far. Therefore, a rasp and file is the safest way to go.
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I thought we had it good in "Southern" IL. Sounds like you W. Central folks have it OK except ya all are kinda close to "Blo-go-vich and his henchmen.... LOL
Good deal. Keep em building............
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My student came in early htis morning to remove his limb from the form. Here are some pics. I will have another update this afternoon after class.
Removing the limb blank from the form. We left it in the form overnight just to make sure that the glue had set completely.
Removing the tape and Saran wrap from the limb blank, along with some of the excess glue that had oozed out of the limb.
A finished limb blank fresh from the form. Next step is to lay up the other limb, clean the rest of the excess glue from the blanks and get ready to cut them to shape.
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Great post. When I was in grade school in the 1970s we made one piece bows from semi-finished kits. I have often wondered whether kids these days had that same opportunity. I still shoot the bow I made way back then and every time I look at that bow it brings back fond memories.It shoots great, by the way. Please keep up the good work.
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Man that is just too cool I was in high school in the late 70's and I remember having a speech class where we had to give demonstrations. I brought my Remington 1100 in one day to demonstrate how to take it down and clean it and another time I brought a compound in and told about it. Yup, ole Kev was walking down the hallway with the 1100 over his shoulder!!! Imagine that in todays world. The thing is that it wasnt a big deal back then I think it is great to teach the kids something practical like that. You have to start that fire early in these kids!!! Keep up the good work.
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Hey coach the pics are great what kind of camera are you using to take these great pics??? keep em coming..mark#78
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Bayoulongbowman, Thanks for the recognition of my students work. He is doing a great job with this project and is very excited. However, his excitement has not caused him to rush as so often we do. I am very pleased with his progress.
You asked bout my camera. It is a Canon PowerShot G3. I will keep the pics coming.
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Sanding the excess glue from the limb blank.
All of the glue must be sanded from the limb before the limb can be cut to the proper shape.
Cutting off excess length of the limb blank. Getting ready to cut the limb to it's prper shape.
Cutting the limb tips to the roper taper. We use a template made from thin plexi glass to layout the limb shape on the bow blank. Cutting is always done on the waste side of the line and the rest can be sanded to finish.
Sanding down to the finish line on the limb tip.
Sanding down the limb to ensure a smooth and even taper of the limb on both sides.
Aligning the limb bolt jig and preparing to drill the holes for the limb hardware. This must be done in a very precise manner. Everything must be lied up properly to match the riser.
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I was in high school in the late 70's and I remember having a speech class where we had to give demonstrations. I brought my Remington 1100 in one day to demonstrate how to take it down and clean it and another time I brought a compound in and told about it. Yup, ole Kev was walking down the hallway with the 1100 over his shoulder!!! Imagine that in todays world. The thing is that it wasnt a big deal back then ![[redneck]](graemlins/redneck.gif)
I think it is great to teach the kids something practical like that. You have to start that fire early in these kids!!! Keep up the good work. ![[bigsmyl]](graemlins/bigsmyl2.gif)
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