Author Topic: Building an Old School Hill style longbow (Read 3045 times)

BrushWolf · « **Reply #80 on:** December 14, 2012, 07:06:00 PM »

That did turn out quite nice. Great lookin bow.

monterey · « **Reply #81 on:** December 15, 2012, 04:21:00 PM »

I'm very impressed with the look of the myrtle wood. Kinda understated yet very eye catching!

Think your brace height looks a bit high, but thats just me.

Dragonslayer · « **Reply #82 on:** January 30, 2013, 02:19:00 PM »

Good job turned out looking really nice, and I liked the trick with the guide for the nocks

bowhntineverythingnh03743 · « **Reply #83 on:** January 30, 2013, 08:40:00 PM »

Great build a long... one question which I can never ever ever figure out... How do you figure the curve of the fade area and make it so uniform. I would love to build one of this in the future and just cant figure out how to make the fade area similar.

This build a long is def getting bookmarked in my favorites. Will be checking back on this thing soon!!

Great job!
Justin

jsweka · « **Reply #84 on:** January 30, 2013, 10:36:00 PM »

Thanks Guys. I was kind of surprised to see this brought back up.

Justin - The curve for the fade out area was copied from a pattern I had from plans for a Binghams bow. Really theres nothing to. Just draw half of the riser pattern on a piece of paper or poster board, fold it in half, cut it out and it's the same on both ends. Transfer this to something a little more rigid and then you have a pattern you can use over and over. You will notice that the curve on the fadeouts will differ somewhat among bowyers even for similar style bow.

Buemaker · « **Reply #85 on:** January 31, 2013, 02:35:00 PM »

Turned out very nice. In the book Traditional Bowyers of America one of the bowmakers featured was asked about the shape of fade outs in his bows. His answer was that he traced the shape of a toilet seat. I think his name is Hamilton.

Bue--.

Crooked Stic · « **Reply #86 on:** January 31, 2013, 06:27:00 PM »

Nice build-a-long. I dont care what anybody sez I will be makin me one of them sissy pants string groove thingys

onemississipp · « **Reply #87 on:** October 24, 2013, 08:35:00 PM »

Great looking bow! I enjoyed the full draw pic, tiller is very nice. What was the bows length? I seem to have missed that part.

jsweka · « **Reply #88 on:** October 24, 2013, 11:31:00 PM »

Thanks. I was surprised to see this one brought back up.

The bow's length is 68".

Since this build, I did go back and decrease the depth of the grip a little bit and then of course had to refinish it again.

bsv · « **Reply #89 on:** October 25, 2013, 10:10:00 AM »

John,When sanding the bow, do you sand the glass as well? Burt

jsweka · « **Reply #90 on:** October 25, 2013, 06:04:00 PM »

I don't touch the glass until the final sanding with 320 grit. It helps the finish adhere and gets rid of any streaks due to any uneven surface film on the glass.

cylyntbowyer · « **Reply #91 on:** October 27, 2013, 09:45:00 AM »

Where did you get the gray glass? I've been looking for different colored glass.

Igor · « **Reply #92 on:** October 27, 2013, 09:58:00 AM »

thanks for sharing....nice....real nice...

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Glenn

jsweka · « **Reply #93 on:** October 27, 2013, 08:29:00 PM »

Charles - I bought the gray glass from another guy who was selling all his bow building stuff. He got it from another guy years prior to that who was selling his stuff. I really have no idea how old that glass is.

cylyntbowyer · « **Reply #94 on:** October 28, 2013, 08:06:00 AM »

Well it looks great. I have a friend who made all of his own glass and carbon lams...he's selling all of his equipment for pennies on the dollar...thought about going that route so I could make any color glass I wanted...but that's all I need is another hobbie!

Buemaker · « **Reply #95 on:** January 12, 2015, 05:47:00 AM »

TTT good nock filing jig, nice bow also. Bue--.

jsweka · « **Reply #96 on:** January 12, 2015, 07:02:00 PM »

Thanks Bue.
I was a bit surprised to see this old one brought back up. This bow is coming with me next week on a Maryland Sika hunt as my backup bow.

ghost rob · « **Reply #97 on:** May 27, 2015, 12:28:00 PM »

That glass was from the late 90's. Wish they would come out with more of it. I sold it to John 5 or 6 yrs ago. Starting to get the building itch again.

jsweka · « **Reply #98 on:** May 27, 2015, 08:17:00 PM »

Rob - I knew you'd get the itch again.

OMC Bowyer Supply(Old Master Crafters bought up by Jim Belcher) has some gray glass on their website.

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