Post by: EvilDogBeast on February 10, 2025, 08:25:32 PM
Assignments Sent Out: 11 February 2025
Official Build Period: 12 February 2025 - 2 June 2025
Grace Period: 3 June 2025 - 27 June 2025
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**You MUST post a full-draw picture upon receipt of your bow. NO EXCEPTIONS!**
Good luck everyone. :campfire:
*Build and Grace Period dates adjusted to reflect assignment delay.*
Post by: EvilDogBeast on February 10, 2025, 08:26:55 PM
Post by: kennym on February 10, 2025, 08:44:50 PM
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Post by: Watsonjay on February 11, 2025, 10:45:27 AM
Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on February 11, 2025, 10:57:23 AM
Kyle
Post by: dbeaver on February 11, 2025, 11:30:47 AM
If you do black walnut do you keep it mostly sapwood, ive read a tiny bit about black walnut selfbows but the only log i ever scored was twisting about a quarter turn and checking
Post by: Watsonjay on February 11, 2025, 12:07:18 PM
Post by: dbeaver on February 11, 2025, 01:12:16 PM
You need to glue up all the stripe pieces to the riser at 1 time, top stripe. Like mike said
Then cut the riser again for the second stripe, bottom stripe
(https://i.imgur.com/uKr33jr.jpg)
I don't know of a build along.
Thickness pieces of .062 or less will do most bends
Maybe this will help.
This is 2 separate builds
blocks are 2x2x 3/4 and 2x2x 3/16
glue them together.
(https://i.imgur.com/AHnxjME.jpg)
Resaw and grind to .050, these need to be sanded
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Phenolic ground to .0375---total stack 1/8"
(https://i.imgur.com/HxQyCdb.jpg)
There is some info here but, same as I said
http://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=152514.100
Post by: Watsonjay on February 11, 2025, 02:10:34 PM
Post by: dbeaver on February 11, 2025, 02:29:24 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36fXljZfbQ
thats a clip of someone squaring one up
Post by: Watsonjay on February 11, 2025, 02:46:20 PM
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Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on February 11, 2025, 08:42:26 PM
Kyle
Post by: EvilDogBeast on February 11, 2025, 11:57:13 PM
Post by: Watsonjay on February 12, 2025, 02:11:40 PM
Almost finished, had to go to work. I'll make the final assignments and send PMs when I get home.Thank you for coordinating this, Im sure it takes a bit of work.
Post by: 4 point on February 12, 2025, 02:34:58 PM
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Post by: Watsonjay on February 12, 2025, 02:38:13 PM
Think this is what I’m going with.Is that osage and walnut?
Post by: EvilDogBeast on February 12, 2025, 03:09:17 PM
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Post by: Watsonjay on February 12, 2025, 03:25:31 PM
Alright, I think I have everything squared away. PM's going out.Yeahhhh. Victims Beware!!!
Post by: EvilDogBeast on February 12, 2025, 04:12:47 PM
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Post by: Kirkll on February 14, 2025, 12:30:01 AM
Well, I’ve decided what I’m going to do. I’m going to use a kids bow pattern I got from KennyM and try to modify it to be a 54” short hybrid, long bow/recurve. That will hit 60 pounds and hopefully hit 31 inch draw without stacking too bad. And I’ll have to beef up the riser a little Ive only gone to 45 before. Well out of my comfort zone.
Building a 54” bow that draws 31” without stacking may prove to be a challenge. I would take a long look at Ron LaClairs shrew design. That design will do it in a 52” length.
Beware of using too much deflex sweep in your limb design. There is a lot to be said for leaving a flat section to regulate the draw length and change the working limb length without changing limb length. .02 cents worth…
Post by: Watsonjay on February 14, 2025, 07:30:26 AM
The kids bow template I got from Kenny and and have made a few of with great success is basically a clone of the shrew bow. My buddy waited a year for his when we compared them they were basically the same. I just want to throw a bit more reflex into the tips.Well, I’ve decided what I’m going to do. I’m going to use a kids bow pattern I got from KennyM and try to modify it to be a 54” short hybrid, long bow/recurve. That will hit 60 pounds and hopefully hit 31 inch draw without stacking too bad. And I’ll have to beef up the riser a little Ive only gone to 45 before. Well out of my comfort zone.
Building a 54” bow that draws 31” without stacking may prove to be a challenge. I would take a long look at Ron LaClairs shrew design. That design will do it in a 52” length.
Beware of using too much deflex sweep in your limb design. There is a lot to be said for leaving a flat section to regulate the draw length and change the working limb length without changing limb length. .02 cents worth…
This is a previous one I did
Post by: kennym on February 14, 2025, 08:31:40 AM
I've never seen a Shrew bow, but have studied many bow designs...
Post by: Watsonjay on February 14, 2025, 09:26:35 AM
It may look like a clone of a Shrew, but it took me 4 forms and a bunch of bows leaning in the corner to get what I wanted. :biglaugh:I wasn’t trying to say anything, just that the design is already close to the bow he referenced. I love the design, thanks for putting the effort into it and offering to me.
I've never seen a Shrew bow, but have studied many bow designs...
Post by: kennym on February 14, 2025, 11:09:48 AM
My apologies to him and Shrew if it's similar!!
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Post by: kennym on February 14, 2025, 01:08:29 PM
Post by: Watsonjay on February 14, 2025, 03:58:26 PM
Is a maybe considered a progress? :saywhat:Those are beautiful
Post by: Watsonjay on February 14, 2025, 04:27:48 PM
I know, the only reason I went that direction was I saw Gregg Coffee was making a 52" and it was challenging.I just went and looked at the Java bows and that elkheart magnum is exactly what I was wanting to do just a bit mire reflex in the tips.
My apologies to him and Shrew if it's similar!!
Post by: Kirkll on February 14, 2025, 08:43:15 PM
Why do you want more reflex in the tips?
Post by: Watsonjay on February 14, 2025, 09:49:35 PM
That Elkheart magnum looks a lot like the ones I used to build in 52-54” length. Good looking design.Thinking it will help string angle at longer draws to reduce stacking as well as gain a little speed.
Why do you want more reflex in the tips?
Post by: Watsonjay on February 14, 2025, 10:26:21 PM
Post by: Noah70 on February 14, 2025, 11:57:02 PM
Also have a number of good options for some nice veneers, but I have a lot of wood so still moving around all the options till I get a “eureka!” moment. Might be a while? My most recent longbow limbs came in 10# over, so I have some work to do in the meantime.
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Post by: Watsonjay on February 15, 2025, 09:17:45 AM
Still in the “maybe” stage here too. Dug out a piece of 1/4 sawn Bubinga, no distinctive grain character, but so dense and heavy I’m sure it wouldn’t float. Maybe a contender for a very strong riser?what is the bottom wood on the second limb from the left? It is really cool, but so is the left
Also have a number of good options for some nice veneers, but I have a lot of wood so still moving around all the options till I get a “eureka!” moment. Might be a while? My most recent longbow limbs came in 10# over, so I have some work to do in the meantime.
Post by: Noah70 on February 15, 2025, 12:00:22 PM
Post by: Watsonjay on February 15, 2025, 12:25:14 PM
Left to right - Quilted Maple, Jatoba over Zebrawood, Olivewood over Wenge, Paduak over Wenge.I’ve used zebra a couple times , but haven’t seen it with that wide of bands in it, at first I thought it was snakewood but that stuff is way too expensive. Either way beautiful combinations
Post by: kennym on February 15, 2025, 01:12:41 PM
Post by: Watsonjay on February 15, 2025, 02:33:18 PM
Hmmmm…The rate your moving, youll be done this week!
Post by: Kirkll on February 15, 2025, 07:00:09 PM
That Elkheart magnum looks a lot like the ones I used to build in 52-54” length. Good looking design.Thinking it will help string angle at longer draws to reduce stacking as well as gain a little speed.
Why do you want more reflex in the tips?
Good luck with that… let us know how it comes out.
Post by: Watsonjay on February 15, 2025, 07:30:24 PM
Hopefully some lucky victim will be the judge of that. :biglaugh: :biglaugh:That Elkheart magnum looks a lot like the ones I used to build in 52-54” length. Good looking design.Thinking it will help string angle at longer draws to reduce stacking as well as gain a little speed.
Why do you want more reflex in the tips?
Good luck with that… let us know how it comes out.
Post by: Watsonjay on February 15, 2025, 07:32:07 PM
Just out of curiosity why did you stop making them?That Elkheart magnum looks a lot like the ones I used to build in 52-54” length. Good looking design.Thinking it will help string angle at longer draws to reduce stacking as well as gain a little speed.
Why do you want more reflex in the tips?
Good luck with that… let us know how it comes out.
Post by: Kirkll on February 16, 2025, 12:29:49 PM
Building custom one piece 52-54” bows, if you miss draw weight by too much, you have to start again, and try and find a home for the others…. Not being real popular I ended up setting on a few for a couple years, and I took very few orders for new ones…. So I just set the form aside and quit building them. Kirk
Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on February 16, 2025, 02:04:35 PM
Kyle
Post by: 4 point on February 16, 2025, 04:35:50 PM
Post by: Watsonjay on February 16, 2025, 06:00:49 PM
Those really short bows are hard to get a good release for me. Even if they draw smoothly to a long draw length the string angle is terrible. A friend of mine shoots two fingers under with his shrew to help with finger pinch.Ive made a couple for a buddy of mine that would never shoot less than 60” because he couldn’t shoot anything shorter accurately and he only shoots the ones Ive made now and even ordered a shrew, then realized he likes mine more. He is only a 29” draw though.
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Post by: Jon Lipovac on February 18, 2025, 07:54:20 PM
Stabilized Spalted Maple with Stabilzed Walnut I-Beam and flare. Red phenolic and black G10 accent. Hope my victim likes a heavy riser…..
Post by: Noah70 on February 18, 2025, 11:51:51 PM
I’m starting to assemble the lams for the limbs, but if they don’t fall into the weight parameters then this riser will be laid aside and the victim will be moving to a recurve rather than a longbow. All good!
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Post by: Watsonjay on February 19, 2025, 07:14:35 AM
Riser for this unit is ready for the next stages. I had made up the block for mosaic strips at a 45 angle, thinking it would create an interesting look if the “dots” were at an angle. Turns out that at .020 thickness you have to squint really hard to see that. Duh !! :banghead:Looking sharp!!!
I’m starting to assemble the lams for the limbs, but if they don’t fall into the weight parameters then this riser will be laid aside and the victim will be moving to a recurve rather than a longbow. All good!
Post by: Watsonjay on February 19, 2025, 07:54:47 PM
Post by: 4 point on February 19, 2025, 08:18:37 PM
I put a string on my victims bow. It’s five pounds over, should be right in the sweet spot when finished. One more set of overlays to glue on.
Post by: Kirkll on February 19, 2025, 08:35:16 PM
Finished form. Little bit more reflex at tips and thicker riser. This is a bow of kennys original kid bow form
Be sure and seal that LVL material with shellac real well. Did you sand that thing down to 1.75" thickness?
Post by: Watsonjay on February 19, 2025, 09:53:17 PM
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Post by: dbeaver on February 20, 2025, 07:49:29 AM
Behind on pics but I have a riser glued up and lams ready for taper glass and accents will be on their way soon.
going to spend some extra time between steps to cap the prepped riser blank with stabilcore so when the bow is laid up there's a black accent framing the riser within the bow and continue down between the lams to the tip. A nice accent down the neutral plane of the limb.
Post by: Watsonjay on February 20, 2025, 08:12:52 AM
Such great progress all around and some real lookers so far.I have some stabilcore too do you guys think it is wasted putting in a narrow limbed longbow or would it add anything to its performance. Thanks for the advise.
Behind on pics but I have a riser glued up and lams ready for taper glass and accents will be on their way soon.
going to spend some extra time between steps to cap the prepped riser blank with stabilcore so when the bow is laid up there's a black accent framing the riser within the bow and continue down between the lams to the tip. A nice accent down the neutral plane of the limb.
Post by: dbeaver on February 20, 2025, 08:26:53 AM
Truth is you can find all sorts of info about that on old threads and even on some very recent ones there's been plenty of discussion on stabilcore. You'll find that some and very few designs will actually ever need it and plenty of folks would tell you to swap it for a layer of carbon of their preference to get more bang for your buck on weight and torsional stability.
Post by: Watsonjay on February 20, 2025, 09:42:43 AM
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Post by: Noah70 on February 20, 2025, 06:59:06 PM
Got my first riser done as far as its going for now, need to concentrate on the limbs for a while. Might require a new form. Starting on a recurve riser as well, just in case.
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Post by: kennym on February 21, 2025, 02:42:55 PM
I think Bear uses same tho, but I don't want a bow to give up on anybody so prob too concerned for nothing...
Post by: Jon Lipovac on February 21, 2025, 03:32:20 PM
I'm always amazed at how much Cactus Juice the soft maple soak up.
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Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on February 21, 2025, 06:58:11 PM
I’ve got a game plan for this weekend. I’m gonna get the curly hackberry roughed out and tillered to brace before I heat treat and prep for a sinew backing. I’m hoping it’s ready to go by deadline, if so and it holds up it’ll get a birch bark cover over the sinew and see how a ferric nitrate treatment does on the hackberry.
But while it cures I’ll start up another bow of some kind. Probably a walnut something or other.
Kyle
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Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on February 22, 2025, 12:38:48 PM
Kyle
Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on February 22, 2025, 03:43:29 PM
Kyle
Post by: Watsonjay on February 22, 2025, 04:03:07 PM
Floor tillered and ready for shaping and heat treating. Currently debating on a rawhide backing or a layer of sinew to help it hold together. Im excited to see if it holds up so I can see how the character finishes out.wow, you did a lot today!
Kyle
Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on February 22, 2025, 04:28:57 PM
Kyle
Post by: Watsonjay on February 22, 2025, 04:58:51 PM
I don’t get many days to work on bows lately so I make as much use of the time I get. I’m hoping to get to another bows tillering after I get done heat treating, shaping is done. I also managed to get the handle for a different project all glued up to shape.if I saw that on the ground I’d jump back 10ft
Kyle
Post by: kennym on February 22, 2025, 05:24:17 PM
This is a little bland I think …
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Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on February 22, 2025, 06:03:18 PM
The hackberry is shaped with a mild heat treat. I do an hour on each limb and my toes are a bit frozen. But good enough to get tiller started.
Kyle
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Kyle
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Post by: Watsonjay on March 01, 2025, 01:26:13 PM
Risers ready for finishing. Little fine tuning left on the limbslooking really nice!! What did you use for the white accent lines? I bought some light hickory to use for accent lines but I don’t think it looks that light. Maybe just because it isnt next to darker wood??
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Post by: Kirkll on March 02, 2025, 02:07:17 PM
Crazy how much whiter maple looks after you glue it in with other woods
Actually it will tone down a bit after you finish it. Also using thinner accent strips doesn’t make it jump out so much. I like to run them about .030 myself.
These have 2 accent strips at .030
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Post by: Watsonjay on March 02, 2025, 02:43:16 PM
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Risers ready for finishing. Little fine tuning left on the limbsI really like how you shaped under the left side of the shelf
Post by: Watsonjay on March 03, 2025, 09:40:08 PM
Post by: Jon Lipovac on March 04, 2025, 07:43:00 AM
Another setback. Did a dry run on glue up and both the back and belly lams snapped where I spliced them. .120 and .090. Guess I will have to make 4 lams i stead of 2.
I don't have much exerience in once piece bows except the one that I have done. But, IMO, that seems like a pretty tight radius to curve a .090 lam let alone a .120 lam around regardless if it is spliced or not.
For those of you that do this regularly, would it make sense to have a 12"-16" section through the middle? Meaning, 2 splices instead of 1 so the splices end up on the belly/back ramps instead of the apex of the riser? I believe you might get away with something like that if you still wanted to use 2 core lams vs 4.
What do you guys think?
Post by: dbeaver on March 04, 2025, 07:56:32 AM
More thin lams will bend easier and arguments have been made that will also be stronger because a composite of laminations inherently strengthen the base material. BUT there's the counter argument of more glue equals more weight which could dog down performamce. Another place where each bow design will probably optimize slightly different.
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Post by: Kirkll on March 04, 2025, 12:34:23 PM
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More thin lams will bend easier and arguments have been made that will also be stronger because a composite of laminations inherently strengthen the base material. BUT there's the counter argument of more glue equals more weight which could dog down performance. Another place where each bow design will probably optimize slightly different.
I think you will find that you will get better performance and stability to your limbs with more laminations. The spring back coming out of the form will be less too, which adds a bit of draw weight and increases performance. Those extra glue lines are not adding enough limb mass weight to be noticeable.
.02 cents worth
Post by: Watsonjay on March 04, 2025, 12:57:51 PM
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Post by: kennym on March 05, 2025, 07:38:50 PM
I ordered 2 rolls of Bearpaw but it not here yet either.
I have a willow stick picked out... :laughing:
Post by: Noah70 on March 05, 2025, 08:07:08 PM
Pretty sure it would be a fine looking willow stick too, Kenny!!
On the subject of reporting - I also have little to report. I changed direction from the initial riser and limbs I had planned - riser is fine but limbs not cooperating (unless victim starts going to the Gym ). So rather than experiment more, its back to what I have charts for.
Spring has come early here, so the annual bucket list (hers, not mine) was posted on the shop door a few days ago. Oddly, Trad Bow Swap was not on it.
Limbs are Wenge/Olivewood veneer, edge grain Bamboo, and edge grain Yew heartwood.
Victim will have to put up with my last old chunk of Rosewood for riser. Going slow!
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Post by: Jon Lipovac on March 05, 2025, 11:10:41 PM
My victims limbs came in heavy as well....Changed the recipe with a little experimenting and BOOM! Came in 12# over his max range. :banghead:
Post by: dbeaver on March 06, 2025, 08:24:42 AM
Glued up one bow this past fall but working out of bins and tripping over piles of this and that got old.
Shop is ready for the action when glass gets in.
Post by: Watsonjay on March 06, 2025, 08:32:33 AM
Ive been a ghost here while you guys are putting some serious efforts in. Waiting on some materials and while I'm waiting I finally unpacked my shop since moving this summer.Nice! Wish I had a shop like that
Glued up one bow this past fall but working out of bins and tripping over piles of this and that got old.
Shop is ready for the action when glass gets in.
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I ordered 2 rolls of Bearpaw but it not here yet either.
Any thoughts on the qulaity you are expecting?
Post by: Kirkll on March 06, 2025, 03:29:36 PM
Ive been a ghost here while you guys are putting some serious efforts in. Waiting on some materials and while I'm waiting I finally unpacked my shop since moving this summer.
Glued up one bow this past fall but working out of bins and tripping over piles of this and that got old.
Shop is ready for the action when glass gets in.
Wow... A naked shop! You would be wise to think about insulating a portion of that baby and building a mezzanine and spray booth with 10' ceiling on one end so you can hang an arctic curtain in winter and heat a section... I think back when i had bare walls like that and sure wish id have given it more thought and insulated more of it.... I did my lowered ceiling height later on and regret i didn't do more insulation before i filled it with work benches and wood. It wont take long to fill that baby up.... Congrats on the new shop!
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Post by: Watsonjay on March 06, 2025, 06:56:35 PM
It's a 17" Grizzly, been a good one so far, cut miles of laminations...what do you use for saw blades?
Post by: Kirkll on March 06, 2025, 08:05:58 PM
I'm on that train Kirk, everything is modular and on wheels until I can get those features squared away. Still need electric out here I'm running on the skeleton setup
How far from the house to the shop are you? Do you plan on running a welder? Reason i ask was that i was able to run a conduit underground about 30 yards to the house and used some 8 gage solid copper wire i had from changing out our well pump wire years ago. That well pump is a 3HP motor that is 450' from the 220 volt power source. I changed out the std. meter base at the house to a meter main base so i had a seperate circuit going to the shop and used an old 100 amp service for the shop. I've got plenty of juice for all my equiptment.
But unless you are familiar with electrical work, i'd highly recommend talking to an electrician for different ideas on how to do it safely. My neighbor just built his new shop a few years ago, and just ran a new overhead 200 amp service to the shop, and the electric company hooked it up. My shop was too far from the road to do a direct hook up without setting a pole.
I built my 36X36 shop back in 96 and put a wood floor in it. Kirk
Post by: dbeaver on March 06, 2025, 08:22:14 PM
Post by: Kirkll on March 07, 2025, 09:36:56 AM
Had a couple minutes waiting on ups so did a bit to keep me out of trouble with swap boss so here’s a pic :biglaugh:
Are you using the same blades for ripping lams as on that swing jig?
I did a lot of riser footings with a swing jig years ago. I’ve still got a couple hanging on the wall someplace that I mount my router on.
I had a big job years ago that had about 100 radius top windows and doors to build surrounds and casing for. There were even a few completely round windows. Big Spanish design mansion on the river. That was a fun job. They brought me in early and I taught the framers how get the rough openings built correctly, then came back in the finish stage and did all the trim and two spiral stair cases. There were very few guys out there that wanted to mess with radius work, and I made double wages doing it…. Fun job
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Kyle
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Post by: Mo_coon-catcher on March 08, 2025, 01:59:24 PM
And that looks great!
Kyle
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Kyle
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Post by: Watsonjay on March 08, 2025, 04:54:13 PM
Got the pointy ends done today. Interestingly - all lams were from adjacent slices, all thickness perfect, even the thickness of the limbs after glue up at 3 locations was within 1/2 of a thousand, width identical, etc. But one of the limbs was 3/4” stiffer at initial tiller. Anyone ever had that happen? Sanded out fine, but never had that happen before.Thats cool adding the riser stripe into the limb tips!
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Post by: Watsonjay on March 08, 2025, 09:54:30 PM
Got the pointy ends done today. Interestingly - all lams were from adjacent slices, all thickness perfect, even the thickness of the limbs after glue up at 3 locations was within 1/2 of a thousand, width identical, etc. But one of the limbs was 3/4” stiffer at initial tiller. Anyone ever had that happen? Sanded out fine, but never had that happen before.Thats cool adding the riser stripe into the limb tips!
a taper slide during glue up? Maybe that doesn’t happen on takedown limbs? I’ve never made any. Yet!Got the pointy ends done today. Interestingly - all lams were from adjacent slices, all thickness perfect, even the thickness of the limbs after glue up at 3 locations was within 1/2 of a thousand, width identical, etc. But one of the limbs was 3/4” stiffer at initial tiller. Anyone ever had that happen? Sanded out fine, but never had that happen before.Thats cool adding the riser stripe into the limb tips!
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Post by: Jon Lipovac on March 10, 2025, 06:33:06 PM
Since I missed weight so terribly on the intended bow, I was forced to switch gears.
I had a beautiful walnut riser block layed up with a black actionwood flare. Layed up limbs with carbon on the back and black belly glass.
Riser has a thinner G10 I-beam in it that Im gonna try to cover on the back with full overlays and on the belly, I plan on full over lays except for the grip. This one hit in the weight range nicely.
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