El Cheapo TD Longbow Build Along - Finished!!!

[Bodork]

Nice job Steve! I really like the looks of that riser as well as the entire bow. Neat movie too. Do shoot better with a swing draw or straight draw? The bow sounds nice and quiet too. Sometimes when I think a bow is loud I'll record myself shooting it. It usually sounds alot quieter if you are not holding it. Now do me a favor and take a picture of the bow along with that awesome knife you made a while back. Thanks, Mike

[SOS]

KennyM, the walnut in the riser and overlays is just natural with wipe-on poly - not the waterbased.

Bodork, I will take a photo of the two as soon as I sand out the handle on the knife.  The poly did not do well on the bocote handle - plus I had to get a little pig blood off of it, YAY!  I sanded it down and slathered on some leftover smoothon I had from the bow thinned with acetone.  Should have thinned it a little more - LOL - so I need to smooth and buff it out.  Will post photo later - thanks for remembering the knife.

Steve

[CutNShoot]

Really nice job and love the handle shape. Man that rounded look at the so called fades is way cool. Very good job. Quite dependable and as you said frugal! LOL! It also reminded me that I have a long bow project that I bought about 20 years ago,I cant even remember how long ago from Binghams. I have the oven standing built and standing on end in storage. The metal backing strip I saw and moved out of the floor today while making a kids bow in my new trailer box converted shop, and the tapers are on the top shelf lain out flat . The glue is long since been thrown away but I guess I could get more.I have the air hose and the metal brkts. that came with the form kit. I also have two oak boards glued together for the form but not shaped as of yet. The plans are for a straight long bow though, don't think reflex was with us then. You have flat sparked my interest. Thanks so much for showing your project. I'm starting tomorrow digging all my junk out! I'll post on a new thread later. Thanks and again good job DUDE!!!

[SOS]

Bodork,

Here's the photo, still need to polish out the epoxy on the knife handle, but it feels better on the bocote than the wipe-on poly.  Dang the black stripes on the handle go well with those on the bow....boy, that was accidental...but works!  And to a couple of others, still need to post photos of the El Cheapo Wedge grinder.  Steve

 

[adg120383]

Id love to see the wedge grinder.  Ive never found a full proof way yet but then again im a newbe lol

[tim-flood]

really good job!! looks mavalousss

[John Cooper]

nice bow and great idea with the drill press and fence.  Have you ever ground full laminations with that set up?

John

[SOS]

John,

I havent' ground a lamination by this method, but someone has a set up either here or on leather wall.  Search for lamination grinders or post a new thread.  That's how I knew to use a similar set-up to smooth the overlays.  The riser in this thread cracked/shattered on an accidental dry fire because I cut too far into the phenolic with the grip throat...oops.  It now has an action wood riser which hopefully will be bullet proof.  I love the bow, have taken two deer with it in its first season - including a doe this morning....now what to do with the ChekMates hanging on the wall gathering dust...

 

 

[drewsbow]

Congrats , very nice bow :0)

[T.J.]

Great job, the bow and knife look beautiful!! Lookslike it shoots nice to. I liked the video